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Contents English Original Instruction Manual Printed on chlorine-free paper Printing inks contain vegetable oils, paper can be recycled. 1 Introduction 3 2 Guide to Using this Manual 3 2.1 Signal Words 3 2.2 Symbols in Text 3 3 Main Parts 4 3.1 Chain Saw, Battery and Charger 4 4 Safety Symbols on the Products 5 4.1 Chain Saw, Battery and Charger 5 5 General Power Tool Safety Warnings 6 5.1 Introduction 6 5.2 Work Area Safety 6 5.3 Electrical Safety 6 5.4 Personal Safety 6 5.5 Power Tool Use and Care 7 5.6 Battery Tool Use and Care 7 5.7 Service 8 5.8 General Chain Saw Safety Warnings 8 5.9 Causes and Operator Prevention of Kickback 9 6 IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS 9 6.1 Intended Use 9 6.2 Operator 10 6.3 Personal Protective Equipment 11 6.4 Chain Saw 12 6.5 Using the Chain Saw 13 7 Kickback and Other Reactive Forces 18 7.1 Reactive Forces 18 7.2 Kickback 19 7.3 Pull-in 23 7.4 Pushback 24 8 Proper Techniques for Basic Bucking, Limbing, Pruning and Felling 24 8.1 Intended Uses 24 8.2 Bucking 24 8.3 Limbing 25 8.4 Pruning 26 8.5 Cutting Logs Under Tension 27 8.6 Felling 28 9 Battery Safety 31 9.1 Warnings and Instructions 31 10 Charger Safety 33 10.1 Warnings and Instructions 33 11 Maintenance, Repair and Storage 34 11.1 Warnings and Instructions 34 12 Before Starting Work 35 12.1 Preparing the Chain Saw for Operation 35 13 Charging the Battery 36 13.1 Setting up the Charger 36 13.2 Charging 36 13.3 Mounting the Charger on a Wall 37 14 LED Diagnostics 37 14.1 LEDs on the Battery 37 14.2 LED on the Charger 38 15 Assembling the Chain Saw 38 15.1 Cutting Attachment 38 15.2 Mounting and Removing the Guide Bar and Saw Chain 39 15.3 Tensioning the Saw Chain 40 15.4 Lubricating the Saw Chain and Guide Bar 41 16 The Chain Brake 42 16.1 Engaging the Chain Brake 42 16.2 Disengaging the Chain Brake 43 16.3 Maintaining the Chain Brake 43 17 Inserting and Removing the Battery 43 17.1 Inserting the Battery 43 17.2 Removing the Battery 44 18 Switching the Chain Saw On and Off 44 { This instruction manual is protected by copyright. All rights reserved, especially the rights to reproduce, translate and process with electronic systems. 0458-716-8621-E 1 © ANDREAS STIHL AG & Co. KG 2018 0458-716-8621-E. VA3.J18. 0000008161_004_GB

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Original Instruction Manual
Printed on chlorine-free paper
Printing inks contain vegetable oils, paper can be recycled.
© ANDREAS STIHL AG & Co. KG 2018
0458-716-8621-E. VA3.J18.
0000008161_004_GB
0458-716-8621-E
English
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This instruction manual is protected by copyright. All rights reserved, especially the rights to reproduce, translate and process
with electronic systems.
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