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S A good, fir m grip on t he saw with both
hands wi ll help you mai nt ain control.
Don’t let go. Gr i p the rear handle wit h
your r i ght hand whether you are r ight or
left handed. Wr ap the f i ngers of your lef t
hand over and around the f r ont handle-
bar, and your lef t thumb under t he fr ont
handlebar. K eep your left arm str ai ght
with the elbow locked.
S Position your left hand on the front
handlebar so it is in a straight line with
your right hand on the rear handle
when making bucking cuts. Stand
slightly to the left side of the saw to
keep your body from being in a direct
line with the cutting chain.
S Stand with your weight evenly bal-
anced on both feet.
S Do not over reach . Yo u could be drawn
or thrown off balance and lose control .
S Do not cut above s houlder height. It is
difficult to maintain control of saw
above shoulder height.
KICKBACK SAFETY FEATUR E S
WARNING: The following features
are included onyour sawto helpreduce
hazard of kickback; however, such fea-
tures will not totally eliminate this d an-
ger. Do not rely only on safety devices.
S Hand Guard: designed to reduce the
chance of your left hand contacting
the chain if yourhand slipsoff the front
handlebar.
S Position of front and rear handlebars:
designed with distance between han-
dles and “in-line” with each other. The
spread and “in-line” position of the
handsprovidedby thisdesign workto-
gether to give balance and resistance
in controlling the pivot of the saw back
toward the operator if kickback oc-
curs.
S Reduced-Kickback Guide Bar: de-
signed witha small radiustip whichre-
duces the size of the kickback danger
zone on the bar tip. This type bar has
been demonstrated to significantly re-
duce the number a nd seriousness of
kickbacks when tested in accordance
with ANSI B175.1.
Large Radius
Tip Guide Bar
Small Radius
Tip Guide Bar
S LowKickback Chainhas metkickback
performance requirements when
tested ontherepresentativesample of
these chain saws specified in ANSI
B175.1.
Low
K
ickback Chain
Contoured Depth Gauge
Elongated Guard Link
Deflects Kickback Force
And Allows Wood To
Gradually Ride Into Cutter
WARNING: Computed Kickback
Angle(CKA)listedonyoursawandlisted
in the following CKA Ta ble represents the
angle of kickback your bar and chain
combinations will have when tested in ac-
cordance wi th CSA and ANSI standards.
Compu tedangles representedin t heCKA
column indicate total energy and angle
associ ated with out a chain br ake. W hen
purchasing replacements, consider ati ons
should be given t o the lower CKA values.
In al lcases, l owerCKA values representa
safer operating environment for the user.
S Tip contact in some cases may caus e
a lightning fast
REACTION,kickingthe
guide bar up and back toward the op-
erator.
S Pinchingthe saw chain along the tipof
the guide bar may push the guide bar
rapidly back towards the operator.
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 safety devices
built into your saw.
The foll ow ing gu ide bar and chai n com-
binati ons meet k ickback requirements of
CSA Z62.1 & Z62.3 and ANSI B175.1
when used on saws list ed in thi s manual.
Use of bar and chai n combinat ions other
than t hose li st ed is not recommended and
may not meet the CKA requirements per
standard.
Computed kickback angle (CKA) Table
BAR
P/N
Length
CHAIN P/N
14″
MODEL
1420
16_
CKA
952044368
952051209
1630
952044370 16″ 952051211 20_