Operator`s manual

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Saw Chain
READ THE WARNING ON PAGE 17.
Cutting frozen wood will cause rapid wear
and possible breakage around the rear rivet
hole of cutters. Follow the steps below to
keep cold-weather wear to a minimum.
OIL – use a lighter weight of bar-chain oil, or dilute bar-
chain oil 25 percent with clean kerosene or diesel oil.
Use twice as much of this diluted oil during operation,
and be certain your chain is receiving oil from the saw.
TENSION – Keep your chain correctly tensioned. Check
and adjust often.
CUTTERS – Keep cutters sharp. Touch up every hour,
more often if needed. Do not force dull chain to cut.
DEPTH GAUGES – Check and adjust your cutter’s
depth gauges at every sharpening.
BAR – keep the bar groove clean and oil hole open.
Turn bars over to equalize rail wear.
DRIVE SPROCKET – Replace the sprocket after every
two chains, or sooner.
SOME GOOD SAW CHAIN ADVICE
Saw chain is made to cut only one thing: wood. Do not
use saw chain to cut other materials, and never let your
chain contact rocks or dirt during operation.
Never force dull chain to cut. When it is sharp, saw
chain is designed to feed itself into the wood, and
needs only light pressure to cut efficiently. Dull chain
produces fine wood dust, which can clog your saw’s air
filter. Sharp chain produces wood chips.
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