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_WARNING:

Always wear eye

protection. Never lean over the trim- mer head. Rocks or debris can rico-

chet or be thrown into eyes and face and cause blindness or other serious

injury.

When operating unit, stand as shown and check for the following:

Wear eye protection and heavy clothing.

Hold trigger handle with right hand and assist handle with left hand.

Keep unit below waist level.

Cut only from your right to your left to ensure debris is thrown away from you. Without bending over, keep line near and parallel to the ground (perpendicular when edging)

and not crowded into material being cut.

ADVANCING THE CUTTING LINE Advance line by tapping bottom of cut- ting head lightly on the ground while

unit is running at full speed. A metal blade attached to the shield will cut

the line to the proper length.

_WARNING:

Use only 0.065 inch

(1.65 mm) diameter line. Other sizes of line will not advance properly and will result in improper cutting head function or can cause serious injury. Do not use other materials such as wire, string, rope, etc. Wire can break off during cut- ting and become a dangerous missile that can cause serious injury. See page 2 for warning concerning other cutting devices.

TRIMMING

Hold tile bottom of tile trimmer head about 3 inches (8 cm) above the ground and at an angle. Allow only the

tip of the line to make contact. Do not force trimmer line into work area.

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3 inches (8 cm) above ground

EDGING POSITION

You can press this button and twist the lower portion 180" into an edging position.

Button

EDGING

While edging allow tile tip of the line to make contact. Do not force the line.

The edge guard helps protect the unit and keeps the unit from contacting the ground. Take extra caution while edg-

ing as objects can be thrown from the trimmer line.

Edging

SCALPING

The scalping technique removes un- wanted vegetation. Hold the bottom of the trimmer head about 3 inches (8 cm) above the ground and at an an- gle. Allow the tip of the line to strike the ground around trees, posts, monu-

ments, etc. This technique increases line wear.

Scalping

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