Homelite UT74121A - Manual (Page 10)

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OPERATION
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.
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.
SAFE-T-TIP
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
PROTECTION
WEAR EYE
PROTECTION
WEAR HEARING
PROTECTION
WEAR TRIM-FITTING CLOTHING. AVOID SCARVES OR
OTHER LOOSE CLOTHING WHICH COULD GET CAUGHT
IN THE MACHINE
WEAR “NON-SLIP”
GLOVES
WEAR STURDY
BOOTS
Fig. 3
WEAR HEAVY
DENIM OR
CHAPS