Operator's Manual

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DANGER

Awornordamagedbladecanbreak,anda

pieceofthebladecouldbethrowntowardyou

orbystanders,resultinginseriouspersonal

injuryordeath.

•Inspectthebladeperiodicallyforwearor

damage.

•Replaceawornordamagedblade.

InspectingtheAccelerator

ServiceInterval:Beforeeachuseordaily—Inspect

theacceleratorforwearordamage.

Carefullyexaminetheacceleratorforexcessivewear

(Figure27).Becausesandandabrasivematerialcan

wearawaythemetal(especiallyintheareashown

asitem2inFigure27),checktheacceleratorbefore

usingthemachine.Ifyounoticethatatabonthe

acceleratorhasbeenworndowntoasharpedgeor

thereisacrack,replacetheaccelerator.

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Figure27

1.Accelerator3.Tab

2.Weararea

4.Crackformed

WARNING

Awornordamagedacceleratorcanbreak,

andapieceoftheacceleratorcouldbe

towardyouorbystanders,resultinginserious

personalinjuryordeath.

•Inspecttheacceleratorperiodicallyfor

wearordamage.

•Replaceawornordamagedaccelerator.

RemovingtheBlade

1.Grasptheendofthebladeusingaragora

thicklypaddedglove.

2.Removethebladebolt,thelockwasher,the

accelerator,andtheblade(Figure26).

SharpeningtheBlade

ServiceInterval:Every50hours—Sharpenor

replacetheblade.Maintainitmore

frequentlyiftheedgedullsquicklyin

roughorinsandyconditions.

Filethetopsideofthebladetomaintainitsoriginal

cuttingangle(Figure28A)andinnercuttingedge

radius(Figure28B).Thebladewillremainbalancedif

youremovethesameamountofmaterialfromboth

cuttingedges.

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Figure28

1.Sharpenthebladeatthis

angleonly.

2.Maintaintheoriginalradius

here.

BalancingtheBlade

1.Checkthebalanceofthebladebyplacing

thecenterholeofthebladeoveranailor

screwdrivershankclampedhorizontallyinavise

(Figure29).

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Figure29

Note:Youcanalsocheckthebalanceusinga

commerciallymanufacturedbladebalancer.

2.Ifeitherendofthebladerotatesdownward,le

thatend(notthecuttingedgeortheendnear

thecuttingedge)untilneitherendoftheblade

drops.

InstallingtheBlade

1.Installasharp,balancedToroblade,the

accelerator,thelockwasher,andthebladebolt.

Thesailoftheblademustpointtowardthetop

ofthemowerhousingforproperinstallation.

Note:T orquethebladeboltto82N∙m(60ft-lb).

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