of flower and shrubbery beds, and around trees in
preparation for trenching or sod removal.
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To use the edge guide, pull edge guide knob away from
the housing and slide the edge guide knob to the lower
guide notch
on the housing.
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nOTE: You may need to tilt edger back to allow edge guide
to be moved into trenching position.
Blade (Fig. K)
WARNING:
blade to come to complete stop.
The blade
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, spacer
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washer
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should be attached to your edger in the order
shown. Please check that the blade has been properly
mounted before using your edger. The edger blade has two
wear indicators that show when blade needs to be replaced.
nOTE: To increase blade life, keep initial cutting depth at
minimum and increase depth setting as blade wears.
Blade Replacement
WARNING:
protection. Turn the edger on its side. Be careful of sharp
edges of blade.
WARNING:
blade to come to complete stop.
WARNING:
after the switch is released.
1. Loosen the hex head nut (9/16"). Use a 1" wrench on the
outer spacer, or a 2" x 4" wood block between the blade
and guard if necessary to hold the blade from turning.
2. Ensure inner spacer is on shaft—"flats" in spacer hole
must engage with "flats" on shaft.
3. Holding the spacer in place, put the blade on the shaft,
as shown.
4. Hold the blade against the spacer and install the outer
spacer, again aligning the flats in the spacer with the flats
on the shaft.
5. Install the hex head nut and conical washer, then tighten
with a wrench.
nOTE: Replace hex head nut and conical washer only with
identical replacement part.
OPERATION
WARNING:
personal injury, turn unit off and remove the
battery pack before making any adjustments or
removing/installing attachments or accessories.
An accidental start‑up can cause injury.
Remove battery. Wait for
and hex head nut with conical
Use gloves and proper eye
Remove battery. Wait for
Blade rotates momentarily
To reduce the risk of serious
Installing and Removing the Battery Pack
(Fig. L)
WARNING:
the off position before inserting the battery pack.
nOTE: For best results, make sure your battery pack is
fully charged.
To install the battery pack
battery pack with the rails inside the tool's handle and slide it
into the handle until the battery pack is firmly seated in the
tool and ensure that it does not disengage.
To remove the battery pack from the tool, press the release
button
and firmly pull the battery pack out of the tool
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handle. Insert it into the charger as described in the charger
section of this manual.
Proper Hand Position (Fig. M)
WARNING:
personal injury, ALWAYS use proper hand position
as shown.
WARNING:
personal injury, ALWAYS hold securely in anticipation of
a sudden reaction.
Proper hand position requires your right hand on the main
handle
and your left hand on the auxilliary handle
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Switching Edger On and Off (Fig. A)
WARNING:
trigger in the on position.
1. To turn the edger on, squeeze the lock‑off button
then the trigger
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. Once the tool is running, you may
release the lock‑off button.
2. To turn the edger off, release the trigger.
Usage
WARNING:
ejected from the edger. Make sure there are no objects
in front of the edger that can be damaged by a flying
object during operation.
1. Set cut depth at 1.4" (3.5 cm), refer to Assembly and
Adjustments Instructions.
2. Before starting the edger, line up the tool so the edge
guide rests against the edge of the paved surface. The
wheel should be on the paved surface when edging.
nOTE: When there is heavy overgrowth of grass over the
paved surface it may drag on the guard. An initial cut may be
required with the edger on the grass side.
3. To avoid kickback of edger, tilt the handle down so the
blade is above the ground.
4. Turn switch ON and allow blade to spin without
moving tool.
Ensure the tool/appliance is in
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into the tool handle, align the
To reduce the risk of serious
To reduce the risk of serious
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Never attempt to lock the
Objects such as stones can be
English
.
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and
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