Homelite UT74121A Operation, Understanding Your Chainsaw Safety Devices, Low Kick-Back Saw Chain

OPERATION

For your safety, study this entire manual before operating the saw. Pay particular attention to the precautions and instructions listed in the operator’s manual.

WEAR HEAD	WEAR EYE
PROTECTION
	PROTECTION

WEAR HEARING

PROTECTION

WEAR HEAVY

DENIM OR

WEAR “NON-SLIP” CHAPS GLOVES

WEAR STURDY

BOOTS

WEAR TRIM-FITTING CLOTHING. AVOID SCARVES OR OTHER LOOSE CLOTHING WHICH COULD GET CAUGHT IN THE MACHINE

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WARNING:

The warnings and instructions in this section of the operator’s manual are for your safety and to prevent serious personal injury.

UNDERSTANDING YOUR CHAINSAW SAFETY DEVICES

SAFE-T-TIP ANTI-KICK-BACK NOSE GUARD

See Figure 4.

The SAFE-T-TIP prevents kick-back because it covers the tip of the bar where rotational kick-back is generated. Inexperienced persons should never attempt to cut when the SAFE-T-TIP has been removed from the bar tip.

SAFE-T-TIP

Fig. 4

Users, such as professional loggers who need to draw the tip through the cut, make boring cuts, or cut logs bigger than the bar length, should reinstall the SAFE-T-TIP as soon as those cuts are complete. When cutting without the SAFE-T-TIP, the user must use proper techniques as shown in the manual to avoid kick-back.

NOTE: Refer to “Maintenance” later in this manual for instructions on reinstalling the SAFE-T-TIP nose guard.

LOW KICK-BACK SAW CHAIN

The rakers (depth gauges) ahead of each cutter can minimise the force of a kick-back reaction by preventing the cutters from digging in too deeply at the kick-back zone. Only use replacement chain which is equivalent to the original chain or has been certified as a low

kick-back chain.

As saw chains are sharpened, they lose some of the low kick-back qualities and extra caution is required.

GUIDE BARS

Generally, guide bars with small radius tips have somewhat lower kick-back potentials.

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

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