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Homelite UT43103 Understanding Your Chain SAW Safety Devices, SAFE-T-TIPANTI-KICKBACK Nose Guard

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GENERAL SAFETY RULES

the risks associated with rotational kickback. Use only the replacement guide bars and low kickback chains specified by the manufac- turer for the saw.

With a basic understanding of kickback, you can reduce or eliminate the element of surprise. Sudden surprise contributes to accidents.

Do not overreach. Keep proper footing and balance at all times.

Do not cut above shoulder height or overreach when cutting. Don’t let nose of Guide Bar con- tact log, branch, ground or other obstruction.

Keep the SAFE-T-TIP®anti-kickback nose guard properly mounted on the guide bar to prevent rotational kickback.

Follow the sharpening and maintenance instruc- tions for the saw chain.

Push and Pull - This reaction force is always opposite to the direction the chain is moving where wood contact is made. Thus, the operator must be ready to control the PULL when cutting on the bottom edge of the bar, and PUSH when cutting along the top edge. See Figure 3.

UNDERSTANDING YOUR CHAIN SAW SAFETY DEVICES

See Figure 4.

SAFE-T-TIP®ANTI-KICKBACK NOSE GUARD

The SAFE-T-TIP®prevents rotational kickback from happening, because it covers the tip of the bar where kickback is generated. Never attempt any kind of cutting where the SAFE-T-TIP®would have to be removed from the bar tip.

LOW KICKBACK SAW CHAIN

The rakers (depth gauges) ahead of each cutter can minimize the force of a kickback reaction by preventing the cutters from digging in too deeply at the kickback zone. Only use replacement chain that is equivalent to original chain or has been certified as low kickback chain per ANSI B175.1.

Low kickback/skip tooth saw chain is a chain that has met the kickback performance requirements of ANSI B175.1 - 1991 (American National Stan- dard for Power Tools - Gasoline-Powered Chain

PULL

PUSH

Fig. 3

SAFE-T-TIP®

Fig. 4

Saws-Safety Requirements) when tested on the representative sample of chain saws below 3.8 c.i.d. specified in ANSI B175.1 - 1991.

As saw chains are sharpened during their useful life, they lose some of the low kickback qualities and extra caution should be used.

GUIDE BARS

Generally, guide bars with small radius tips have somewhat lower kickback potentials.

When making a replacement, be sure to order one of the Homelite bars listed for the saw in this operator’s manual. The proper size SAFE-T-TIP®nose guard comes installed on the bar. Use only guide bars that have a provision for mounting the SAFE-T-TIP®.

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UT43103 specifications

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