Reduced
Kickback
Symmetrical
Guide Bar
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Ra_io_
Tip
Large Radius Tip
• Low-Kickback
Chain,
designed
with
a
contoured
depth
gauge
and guard
link
which deflect
kickback
force
and allow
wood to gradually ride into the cutter. 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 GaL_ge
_£k
Elongated
Guard Link
Deflects
ickback
force
Low- KJckback
and allows
wood
Chain
to gradually
ride
into
cutter
_""_"_,_Can
Obstruct
M ateriaJ
Not a Low- KJckback Chain
• Front Hand Guard, designed to reduce the
chance
of your left hand contacting
the
chain if your hand slips off the front handle-
bar.
• Position of front and rear handlebars,
de-
signed with distance between handles and
"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.
CHAIN
BRAKE
AND CKA
ANGLE
• Chain Brake, designed to stop the chain in
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 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
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 OF THE
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 a low 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.
• Tip contact
in some cases may cause a
lightning fast reverse REACTION, kicking
the guide bar up and back toward the oper-
ator.
• Pinching the saw chain along the top of the
guide bar may push the guide bar rapidly
back toward the operator.
• Either ofthese reactions maycauseyouto
lose control of the saw which could result
in serious
injury.Do
not rely exclusively
upon the safety devices built into your saw.
_WARNING:
Computed
kickback
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 (Canadian Standards Association)
and
ANSI standards. When purchasing replace-
ment bar and chain, considerations
should
be given to the lower CKA values.
Lower
CKA values represent
safer angles to the
user, higher values indicate more angle and
higher kick energies. Computed angles rep-
resented
in the non-activated
column
indi-
cate total energy and angle associated with-
out 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
chain combinations
other than those listed is
not recommended
and may not meet the
CKA requirements
per standard.
Computed
kickback
angle
(CKA)
Table
MODEL
P/N BA_D
= CHAIN P/N
I
I
295
952044815
I
20"
J
952051310
CKA without chain brake
31 °