Homelite CSP3816 - Manual (Page 11)

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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
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.
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
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 that have a provision for
mounting the SAFE-T-TIP
® .
SAFE-T-TIP
OPERATION
WEAR HEAVY DENIM
OR CHAPS