KICKBACK SAFETY FEATURES
CHAIN BRAKE AND CKA ANGLE
S Chain Brake, designedto stopthe chainin
the event of kickback.
WARNING:
The following features
are included on your saw to help reduce the
hazard of kickback; however, such features
will not totally eliminate this danger. As a
chainsaw user,donotrely onlyonsafetyde-
WARNING:
WE DO NOT REP-
RESENT AND YOU SHOULD NOT AS-
SUME THAT THE CHAIN BRAKE WILL
PROTECT YOU IN THE EVENT OF A KICK-
vices.
You must follow all safety precau-
tions, instructions, and maintenance in this
manual to help avoid kickback and other
forces which can result in serious injury.
S Reduced--Kickback Guide Bar, designed
with a small radius tip which reduces the
size of the kickback danger zone on the
bar tip. A Reduced--Kickback Guide Bar
has been demonstrated to significantly re-
duce the number and seriousness of kick-
backs when tested in accordance with
safety requirements for gasoline powered
chain saws as set by ANSI B175.1.
BACK.
Kickback is a lightning fast action
which throws the bar and rotating chain back
and up toward the operator. Kickback can be
caused by allowing contact of the bar tip in the
danger zone with any hard object. Kickback
can also be caused by pinching the saw chain
along the top of the guide bar. This actionmay
push the guide bar rapidly back toward theop-
erator. Either of these events may cause you
to lose control of the saw which could result in
serious injury or even death. DO NOT RELY
UPON ANY OF THE DEVICES BUILT INTO
YOUR SAW. YOU SHOULD USE THE SAW
PROPERLY AND CAREFULLY TO AVOID
Reduced Kickback Symmetrical Guide Bar
KICKBACK.
Reduced--kickback guide bars
and low--kickback saw chains reduce the
chance and magnitude of kickback and are
recommended. Your saw has a low kickback
chain and bar as original equipment. Repairs
on a chainbrake shouldbe madeby anautho-
rized servicing dealer. Take your unit to the
place of purchase if purchased from a servic-
ing dealer, or to the nearest authorized master
service dealer.
Small Radius Tip
Symmetrical Guide Bar
S Tipcontactinsomecasesmaycausealight-
ning fast reverse REACTION, kicking guide
bar up and back toward operator.
Large Radius Tip
S Pinching the saw chain along the top of the
guide bar may push the guide bar rapidly
back toward the operator.
S Low--Kickback Chain, designed with a
contoured depth gauge and guard link
which deflect kickback force and allow
woodtogradually rideintothecutter.Low--
Kickback Chain has met kickback per-
formance requirements when tested on a
representative sample of chain saws be-
low 3.8 cubic inch displacement specified
in ANSI B175.1--2000.
S Either of these reactions may cause you to
lose control of the saw which could result in
serious injury. Do not rely exclusively upon
devices built into your saw.
WARNING:
Computed kickback
angle(CKA) listedonyoursaw andlistedinthe
CKA table below represents angle of kickback
your bar and chain combinations will have
when tested in accordance with CSA (Cana-
dian Standards Association) and ANSI stan-
dards. When purchasing replacement bar and
chain, considerations should be given to the
lower CKA values. Lower CKA values repre-
sent safer angles to the user, higher values in-
dicate more angle and higher kick energies.
Computed angles represented indicate total
energy andangleassociatedwithoutactivation
of the chain brake during kickback. Activated
anglerepresentschainstoppingtimerelativeto
activation angle of chain break and resulting
kick angle of saw. In all cases lower CKA val-
ues represent a safer operating environment
for the user.
Contoured
Depth Gauge
Elongated Guard Link
Deflects
kickback force
and allows wood
to gradually ride
into cutter
Low---Kickback
Chain
Can Obstruct Material
Not a Low---Kickback Chain
S Front Hand Guard, designed to reduce the
chanceofyour lefthandcontactingthechain
if your hand slips off the front handlebar.
S Position of front and rear handlebars, de-
signedwithdistancebetweenhandlesand
“in-line” with each other. The spread and
“in-line” position of the hands provided by
this design work together to give balance
and resistance in controlling the pivot of
the saw back toward the operator if kick-
back occurs.
The following guide bar and chain combina-
tions meet kickback requirements of CSA
Standards Z62.1, Z62.3, & ANSI B175.1when
used on saws listed in this manual. Use ofbar
and chain combinations other than thoselisted
is not recommended and may not meet the
CKA requirements per standard.
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