TRIMMING
•Hold the tool as shown in Fig. 5.
•Gently swing the trimmer from side to side.
•When cutting long grass, work in stages from the top. Take small cuts.
•Keep the tool away from hard objects and delicate plants.
•If the tool starts running slowly, reduce the load.
EDGING
Optimum cutting results are achieved on edges deeper than 2 inches.
•Do not use the tool to create edges. To create edges, use an edging spade.
•Guide the tool with edge guide on hard surface as shown in Fig. 6.
•To make a closer cut, slightly tilt the tool.
MAINTENANCE
WARNING: To avoid serious injury, switch off and unplug the tool before performing any maintenance.
Your tool has been designed to operate over a long period of time with a minimum of maintenance. Continuous satisfactory operation depends upon proper tool care and regular cleaning.
•Regularly clean the ventilation slots in your tool using a soft brush or dry cloth.
•Regularly clean the cutting line and spool using a soft brush or dry cloth.
•Regularly use a blunt scraper to remove grass and dirt from the underneath of the guard.
FITTING A NEW SPOOL OF AFS CUTTING LINE (FIG. 8 & 9)
Complete cassettes containing a spool of cutting line are available from your Craftsman dealer (item no. 85878).
•Unplug the tool.
•Depress the tabs (18) and remove the cassette (19) from the cassette housing
(12)in the trimmer head. Fig. 8.
•Grasp empty spool (20) with one hand and cassette with other hand and pull spool out from cassette. If lever in base of cassette becomes dislodged, replace in correct position before inserting new spool into cassette.
•Remove any dirt and grass from the cassette and housing.
•Take the new spool and push it onto the boss (Fig. 9) in the cassette. Rotate the spool slightly until it is seated.
•Unclip the end of one of the cutting lines and guide the line into one of the eyelets
(21).Fig. 9. The line should protrude approx.
•Unclip the end of the other cutting line and guide the line into the other eyelet. The line should protrude approx.
•Align the cassette tabs (18) with the slots (22) in the housing. Fig. 8.
•Push the cassette onto the housing until it snaps securely into place.
CAUTION: To avoid tool damage, If the cutting lines protrude beyond the trimming blade (11), cut them off so that they just reach the blade.
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20
19
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18
22 | 12 |
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20
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Boss 
Lever
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19 
WINDING NEW LINE ONTO AN EMPTY SPOOL (FIG. 10 &11)
You may wind new cutting line onto an empty spool. Replacement packs of 0.050” cutting line are available from your Craftsman dealer.
•Remove the empty spool from the tool as described above.
•Remove any remaining cutting line from the spool.
•First wind new line onto the uppermost part of the spool.
-Feed 3/4 inch of cutting line into one of the line anchoring slots.
-Wind the cutting line onto the spool in the direction of the arrow on the spool. Make sure to wind the line on neatly and in layers. Do not
Fig. 10.
-When the wound cutting line reaches the recesses (24), cut the line. Fig. 11.
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