Assembly; Operation - Makita EM407MP Manual De Instrucciones Original

ASSEMBLY

WARNING:
Before assembling or adjusting
the equipment, switch off the motor and remove
the spark plug cap or battery cartridge. Otherwise
the cutting tool or other parts may move and result in
serious injury.
WARNING:
Before handling cutter blade,
wear protective gloves. During the assembly or
adjustment, your fingers may contact with the cutter
blade and it may cause serious injury.
WARNING:
When assembling or adjusting
the equipment, always put it down. Assembling or
adjusting the equipment in an upright position may
result in serious injury.
WARNING:
Follow the warnings and precau-
tions in the section for safety warnings and the
instruction manual of the power unit.
Installing the protector
WARNING:
Do not use this attachment
without protector at any time.
WARNING:
Always use the protector sup-
plied with this attachment. The wrong protector
may not protect you from flying debris and stones. It
can also affect the balance of the tool and result in
serious personal injury.
NOTICE:
Periodically tighten the bolts on the
protector. Tighten the right and left bolts evenly
so that the gap between the clamp and the protec-
tor is constant.
Attach the protector to the clamp using bolts.
► Fig.4: 1. Clamp 2. Protector
Mounting the attachment pipe
CAUTION:
Always check that the attach-
ment pipe is secured after installation. Improper
installation may cause the attachment falling off from
the power unit and cause personal injury.
Mount the attachment pipe to the power unit.
1. Turn the lever of the power unit toward the attach-
ment side.
► Fig.5: 1. Lever
2.
Remove the cap of the attachment. Align the pin
with the arrow mark and insert the attachment pipe until
the release button pops up.
► Fig.6: 1. Release button 2. Arrow mark 3. Pin
3. Turn the lever toward the power unit side.
► Fig.7: 1. Lever
Make sure that the surface of the lever is parallel to the pipe.
To remove the pipe, turn the lever toward the attach-
ment side and pull the pipe out while pressing down the
release button.
► Fig.8: 1. Release button 2. Lever 3. Pipe

OPERATION

WARNING:
tions in the section for safety warnings and the
instruction manual of the power unit.
WARNING:
idle, adjust the idle speed of the engine down.
Otherwise you cannot stop the cutting tool by throttle
off and it may cause serious injury.
CAUTION:
blades contact with the ground or a hard object.
Doing so causes the tool kicked back and result in
personal injury.
CAUTION:
bolts, nuts and screws for any looseness. Tighten
them if they are loose.
CAUTION:
up in the cutting blades and rotation speed has
become slower or stopped, switch off the motor
and remove the spark plug cap or battery car-
tridge and then remove the tangled grass.
CAUTION:
cutting lawn and weeds. Do not use the attach-
ment for other purpose.
NOTICE:
Before operation, always check if
there is no foreign object such as cut grass
adhered to the cutting tool. Running the tool with a
foreign object adhered to the cutting tool may cause
malfunction.
NOTICE:
Foreign objects may enter between
the upper and lower blades. Running the tool with
the foreign objects remaining between the blades
may cause malfunction. For how to remove them,
follow the instructions in the section for removing
jammed weeds.
Hold the machine so that the cutter blade become
parallel to the ground. Start the machine while the cutter
blade has no contact with the ground and hard objects.
Adjust the machine to the suitable rotation speed for the
grass being cut. Low rotation speed may tangle the cut
grass up in the cutting blades.
To cut grass, proceed forward while swinging the
machine evenly in half-circle from right to left, like using
a scythe. Adjust the swing speed according to the grass
to be cut.
► Fig.9
NOTE: The upper blade and lower blade rotates in
the opposite direction each other.
13 ENGLISH
Follow the warnings and precau-
If the cutting tool moves at
Be careful not to let the running
Before operation, check the
If the cut grass has got tangled
This attachment is designed for