Craftsman 944.514610 - Manual (Page 5)

• Use only recommended CraftsmanCS)
parts and accessories.
• Be sure chain stops moving when
engine idles {see CARBURETOR AD­
JUSTMENT section of powerhead
manual).
• Keep others away when making car­
buretor adjustments.
• Never start the unit with the clutch
housing removed. The clutch can fly
off and cause serious injury.
• Keep the handles driy, clean, and free
of oil or fuel mixture.
• Keep fuel and oil caps, screws, and
fasteners securely tightened.
• Have all maintenance and service not
explained in this manual performed by
a Sears Service Center.
OPERATE YOUR PRUNER SAFELY
• Do not operate a pruner with one
hand. Serious injury to the operator,
helpers, bystanders or any combina­
tion of these persons may result
from one-handed operation. A prun­
er is intended for two-handed use.
• Operate the pruner only in a well-ven­
tilated outdoor area.
• Do not operate pruner from a ladder
or in a tree.
• Do not use a pruner to cut down trees
or any portion of the tree trunk.
• Only use for pruning limbs or
branches overhead not greater than 4
inches (10 cm) in diameter.
• Never stand under the limb you are
pruning. Always position yourself out
of the path of falling debris.
• Do not cut small brush and saplings
with the pruner. Slender matter may
catch in the chain and be whipped to­
ward you, pulling you off balance.
• Make sure the chain will not make
contact with any object while starting
the engine. Never try to start the unit
when the guide bar is in a cut.
• Do not put pressure on the pruner at
the end of the cut. Applying pressure
can cause you to lose control when
the cut is completed.
• Do not run the unit at high speed
when not pruning.
• If you strike or become entangled with
a foreign object, stop the engine im­
mediately and check for damage.
Have any damage repaired by a
Sears Service Center before attempt­
ing further operations.
• Do not operate a pruner that is dam­
aged, improperly adjusted, or not
completely and securely assembled.
Always replace bar and chain immedi­
ately if it becomes damaged, broken
or is otherwise removed.
• Always stop the unit when work is
delayed or when walking from one
cutting location to another. Stop the
engine before setting the unit down.
• Use only in daylight or good artificial
light.
• Use only for jobs explained in this
manual.
KICKBACK
idk WARNING: Avoid kickback
which can result in serious injury.
Kickback is the backward, upward or
sudden forward motion of the guide
bar occurring when the chain near the
upper tip of the guide bar contacts any
object such as a log or branch, or
when the wood doses in and pinches
the chain in the cut. Contacting a for­
eign object in the wood can aiso result
in loss of control.
• Rotational Kickback can occur when
the moving chain contacts an object
at the upper tip of the guide bar. This
contact can cause the chain to dig
into the object, which stops the chain
for an instant. The result is a lightning
fast, reverse reaction which kicks the
guide bar up and back toward the op­
erator.
• Pinch-Kickback can occur when
the wood closes in and pinches the
moving chain in the cut along the
top of the guide bar and the chain is
suddenly stopped. This sudden
stopping of the chain results in a re­
versal of the chain force used to cut
wood and causes the pruner to
move in the opposite direction of the
chain rotation. The pruner is driven
straight back toward the operator.
• Pull-In can occur when the moving
chain contacts a foreign object in the
wood in the cut along the bottom of
the guide bar and the chain is sud­
denly stopped. This sudden stopping
pulls the pruner forward and away
from the operator and couid easily
cause the operator to lose control of
the pruner.
REDUCE THE CHANCE OF
KICKBACK
• Recognize that kickback can hap­
pen. With a basic understanding of
kickback, you can reduce the ele­
ment of surprise which contributes to
accidents.