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Avoiding Kickback - Your Equipment
IMPORTANT!
This equipment is for extra protection. It cannot fully prevent kickbacks - only minimize them. Never rely entirely on these safety devices for your protection. Rely instead on safe working techniques.
As explained previously, kickback can be avoided by using safe cutting techniques, in which you consistently avoid cutting with the tip of the guide bar.
However, certain items on your electric chain saw are also designed to minimize the kickback itself or potential injuries, should a kickback occur.
Low-Kickback Chain
Modern saw chains are designed to reduce the force of a kickback. Your Operator’s Manual lists
Small Nose Radius Bar
The smaller the
IMPORTANT!
To minimize the risk of kickback, you should always:
•Use small nose radius bar and
•Check and adjust chain tension.
•Maintain cutter sharpness and correct depth gauge height.
•Replace worn or damaged bar and chain with approved replacement combinations.
CAUTION!
The chain’s kickback reduction features will provide their intended protection only if the chain is sharpened and maintained according to the manufacturer’s instructions. As a cutter is filed away when sharpened repeatedly, it gradually becomes increasingly aggressive. Towards the end of its service life, it is more prone to kickback than when it was new.
Your saw chain has been designed to reduce the likelihood of kickback, If the chain is not sharpened according to the manufacturer’s directions, some of the chain’s
When it is time to replace your saw chain, replace it with a
Be sure that you get a chain that offers the same or better protection that the original equipment.
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