GENERAL SAFETY RULES
UNDERSTANDING YOUR CHAIN SAW SAFETY DEVICES
See Figure 4.
SAFE-T-TIP® ANTI-KICKBACK NOSE GUARD
The
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 Standard for Power Tools - Gas-
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 Ryobi bars listed for the saw in this operator's manual. The proper size
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