OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
USING THE HEDGE TRIMMER
WARNING: If any parts are missing, damaged, or broken do not operate your trimmer until they have been replaced. Failure to do so could result in possible serious personal injury.
WARNING: To prevent serious personal injury, always use both the front handle and rear handle to hold the hedge trimmer during operation.
Use the hedge trimmer for trimming and the forming of hedges, shrubs, and bushes with a branch diameter of up to 3/8 inch.
WARNING: To prevent serious personal
injury, keep hands away from blades. Do not attempt to remove cut material or hold material to be cut when blades are moving. Make sure unit is unplugged and the switch is off when clearing jammed material from blades.
Do not grasp the exposed cutting blades or cutting edges when picking up or holding the unit.
WARNING: Never use guard as a handle. Never grasp the unit by the guard. Failure to heed this warning can result in serious personal injury.
For your protection there is a blade guard between the front handle and the blade.
1.Cord secured to unit and plugged in.
2.With the blade directed away, hold the unit by the front and rear handle (Fig. 6).
3.Start the unit with the blades away from the hedge to be trimmed.
General Tips:
•Keep from trimming too much at one time. This can cause the blades to bind and slow, reducing the cutting efficiency.
•Do not force the unit through dense growth. If the blades slow down, reduce your pace.
TO TRIM A HEDGE
WARNING: Clear the area to be cut before each use. Remove all objects such as cords, lights, wire, or string which can become entangled in the cutting blade.
1.Use hedge trimmer properly. Before starting hedge trimmer, hold the unit with both hands and face the cutting blade away from you (Fig. 6).
2.Always keep the cord behind the hedge trimmer when in use. Do not place it over the hedge where it may be cut by the blade.
DANGER: If blade jams on any electrical cord or line, DO NOT TOUCH THE BLADE! IT CAN BECOME ELECTRICALLY LIVE AND VERY DANGEROUS. Continue to hold your trimmer by the insulated handles and immediately disconnect the damaged electrical cord or line from the power source. Failure to heed this Danger will result in serious personal injury and possibly death.
2.If desired, you can use a string to help cut your hedge level. Decide how high you want the hedge. Then, stretch a piece of string along the hedge at this height. Trim the hedge just above this guide line of string. Trim the side of a hedge so that it will be slightly narrower at the top (Fig. 7). More of the hedge will be exposed when shaped this way, and it will be more uniform.
3.Wear gloves when trimming thorny or prickly growth. When trimming new growth, use a wide sweeping action, so that the stems are fed directly into the cutting blade. Older growth will have thicker stems and will be trimmed easiest by using a sawing movement.
Do not try to cut stems that are larger than 3/8 inch thick, or those obviously too large to feed into the cutting blade. Use a
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