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Switch Lockout
(Left side)
Guide Bar
Rear Handle
Power Cord
Rear Hand Guard
Front Hand
Guard
Saw Chain
Guide Bar Nose
Oil Cap With
Squeeze Bulb
Motor Housing
Oil Level Sight Hole (located
on saw body, hidden by front
handle)
Front Handle
Sprocket
Cover
Scabbard
Trigger
ENGLISH
PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION
Bucking
Process of cutting a felled tree or log into
lengths.
Felling
Process of cutting down a tree.
Felling Cut
Final cut when felling a tree. Make this
cut on opposite side of tree from notching cut.
Front Handle
Located at front of saw body.
Front Hand Guard
Shield between front handle and
guide bar. Protects left hand while using saw.
Guide Bar
Metal bar that extends from saw body.
The guide bar supports and guides chain.
Guide Bar Nose
Tip or end of guide bar.
Kickback
Quick backward and upward motion of
guide bar. Kickback may occur when tip of guide bar
touches an object while chain is moving. The guide
bar will kick up and back towards operator.
Limbing
Process of cutting limb(s) from a felled tree.
Low-Kickback Chain
Chain that reduces chance of
kickback as required by ANSI B175.1.
Normal Cutting Position
Stance used while making
bucking and felling cuts.
Notching Cut
Notch cut in tree that directs fall of
tree.
Oiler Control
System for oiling guide bar and chain.
Power Head
Chain saw without chain and guide
bar. Also known as saw body.
Pushback (Kickback, Pinch)
Rapid pushback of chain
saw. Pushback may occur if chain along top of guide
bar is pinched, caught, or contacts a foreign object.
Rear Handle
Handle located at rear of saw body.
Reduced Kickback Guide Bar
Guide bar that re-
duces chance of kickback.
Replacement Chain
Chain that complies with ANSI
B175.1 when used with a specific saw. It may not meet
ANSI requirements when used with other saws.
Saw Chain (Chain)
Loop of chain having cutting
teeth for cutting wood. The motor drives chain. The
guide bar supports chain.
Spiked Bumper (Spike)
Pointed teeth at front of
saw body beside guide bar. Keep spiked bumper in
contact with wood when felling or bucking. It helps
maintain position of saw while cutting.
Sprocket
Toothed wheel that drives chain.
Switch
Device that completes or interrupts electrical
circuit to motor of saw.
Switch Linkage
This device connects switch to trig-
ger. It moves switch when you squeeze trigger.
Switch Lockout
Device that reduces accidental
starting of saw.
Trigger
Device that turns saw on and off. Squeezing
trigger turns saw on. Releasing trigger turns saw off.
Trimming (Pruning)
Process of cutting limb(s) from
a living tree.
Undercut
An upward cut from underside of log or
limb. This is done while in normal cutting position
and cutting with top of guide bar.
CHAIN SAW NAMES AND TERMS
