action may push the guide bar rapidly back
toward the operator. 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 OFTHE
DEVICES BUILT INTO YOUR SAW. YOU
SHOULD USE THE SAW PROPERLY AND
CAREFULLY TO AVOID KICKBACK. Re-
duced--kickback guide bars and low--kick-
back saw chains reduce the chance and
magnitude of kickback and are recom-
mended. Your saw has alow kickback chain
and bar as original equipment. Repairs on a
chain brake should be made by an autho-
rized servicing dealer. Take your unit to the
place of purchase if purchased from a ser-
vicing dealer, or to the nearest authorized
master service dealer.
Symmetrical Guide Bar
Large Radius Tip
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.
Contoured
Depth Gauge
Elongated Guard Link
S Tipcontactinsomecasesmaycausealight-
ning fast reverse REACTION, kicking the
guide bar up and back toward the operator.
Deflects
kickback force
and allows wood
to gradually ride
Into cutter
Pinchingthesaw chainalongthetopofthe
guide bar may push the guide bar rapidly
back toward the operator.
Low---Kickback
Chain
S
S Either ofthesereactions maycauseyouto
lose control of the saw which could result
in serious injury.Do not rely exclusively
uponthesafetydevices builtintoyoursaw.
Can Obstruct Material
Not a Low---Kickback Chain
WARNING:
Computed kickback
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.
angle (CKA) listed on your saw and listed in
the
CKA table below represents angle of
kickback your bar and chain combinations
will have when tested in accordance with
CSA andANSIstandards.Whenpurchasing
replacement bar and chain, considerations
should be given to the lower CKA values.
Lower CKA values representsafer angles to
the user, higher values indicate more angle
and higher kick energies. Computed angles
represented in the non-activated column in-
dicate total energy and angle associated
without activation of the chain brake during
kickback. Activated angle represents chain
stopping time relative to activation angle of
chain brake and resulting kick angle of saw.
In all cases lower CKA values represent a
safer operating environment for the user.
The following guide bar and chain combina-
tions meet kickback requirements of CSA
Z62.1, Z62.3, & ANSI B175.1 when used on
saws listed in this manual. Use of bar and
chaincombinations other thanthose listedis
not recommended and may not meet the
CKA requirements per standard.
CHAIN BRAKE AND CKA ANGLE
S Chain Brake, designedto stopthe chainin
the event of kickback.
WARNING:
WE DO NOT REP-
RESENT AND YOU SHOULD NOT AS-
SUME THAT THE CHAIN BRAKE WILL
PROTECT YOU IN THE EVENT OF A
KICKBACK. Kickback is a lightning fast ac-
tion which throws the bar and rotating chain
back and up toward the operator. Kickback
can be caused by allowing contactof thebar
tip in the danger zone with any hard object.
Kickbackcanalsobecausedby pinchingthe
sawchainalongthetopoftheguidebar. This
Computed kickback angle (CKA) Table
BAR
MODEL
SM4018
P/N
Length
18″
CHAIN P/N
952051548
CKA without chain brake
14_
952044418
NOTE: If this saw is to be used for commer-
cial logging, a chainbrake is required andshall
not be removed or otherwise disabled to com-
ply with Federal OSHA Regulations for Com-
mercial Logging.
SAFETY NOTICE: Exposure to vibrations
through prolonged use of gasoline powered
hand tools could cause blood vessel or nerve
damage in the fingers, hands, and joints of
people
prone to circulation disorders or
abnormal swellings. Prolonged use in cold
weather has been linked to blood vessel
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