Homelite UT43103 Proper Cutting Stance, Proper Hand Grip Position Proper Grip, Chain Line

OPERATION

WARNING:

Never use a left-handed (cross-handed) grip or any stance that would place your body or arm across the chain line.

nMaintain a proper grip on the saw whenever the motor is running. The fingers should encircle the handle and the thumb is wrapped under the handlebar. This grip is least likely to be broken by a kickback or other sudden reaction of the saw. Any grip in which the thumb and fingers are on the same side of the handle is dangerous because a slight kick of the saw can cause loss of control.

WARNING:

DO NOT operate the switch

trigger with your left hand

and hold the front handle

with your right hand. Never

allow any part of your body

PROPER HAND

GRIP POSITION

PROPER GRIP IMPROPER GRIP

Fig. 10

to be in the chain line while	CHAIN
operating a saw. Improper	LINE
operation of the chain saw
could result in serious per-
sonal injury.

PROPER CUTTING STANCE

See Figure 11.

WARNING:

THUMB ON

UNDERSIDE OF

HANDLE BAR

CHAIN LINE	STRAIGHT
	ARM

Always use the proper cutting stance described in this section. Never kneel when using the chain saw, except when felling a tree as illus- trated in Figure 12. Kneeling could result in loss of stability and control of the chain saw, resulting in serious personal injury.

■n Balanceyourweightwithbothfeetonsolidground.

nKeep left arm with elbow locked in a “straight arm” position to withstand any kickback force.

nKeep your body to the left of the chain line.

nKeep your thumb on underside of handlebar.

Fig. 11

BASIC OPERATING/CUTTING PROCEDURES

Practice cutting a few small logs using the following technique to get the “feel” of using the saw before you begin a major sawing operation.

nTake the proper stance in front of the wood with the saw idling.

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