Barnacle Parp's CHAIN SAW GUIDE

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It is not a contradiction to say that you should work close to your saw. Don't be afraid of it. If your right arm is stretched, you will tire quickly and increase the chances of kickback. Hold the saw firmly and work close to it. When it's possible or convenient, as in lambing, keep the work between you and the cutting attachment of your saw.

Practice holding and moving with your saw until you are comfortable doing so. Also, become very familiar with the location of all controls, especially the ignition switch, or kill switch, and the oiler control. If your saw has no ignition switch, or OFF — ON switch, you must kill it by fully choking it. Get used to reaching that choke control . . . there will be a lot of times when you'll want to turn that thing off without looking at it (when you're watching a tree fall unexpectedly, for example).

HOW TO START A GASOLINE CHAIN SAW

The fuel tank is full of the proper mixture of regular gasoline and two-cycle engine oil. The oil tank is full of bar and chain lubricant and the oiler is working properly. If it's a new saw or a new chain, you've drenched the chain with additional oil . . . either with clean 10- weight nondetergent, nonadditive oil or with the same chain and bar lubricant that you put in the tank. The bar and chain are "cold-tensioned" according to your owner's manual. All nuts, bolts, and screws are tight. Your eyes, ears, hands, and head are protected with safety gear. You've moved at least ten feet from the fueling area and further from all fuel containers. No one else is near you and you are on the ground, standing in a safe area free of underbrush, boulders, or stray logs.

Place your saw on a clean piece of ground. Close the choke all the way. That means you pull the choke control button or lever all the way out, or in the direction of the arrow, or toward the word CHOKE, closing off the top of the carburetor.

If your saw has an OFF-ON switch, flip it to ON, to START, or away from the word STOP . .. whichever applies to your saw.

If your saw has a decompression valve, or a DSP valve, or a compression release, move it to the ON or START or OPEN position. In other words, push it in. This control relieves the pressure against the piston and makes it much easier to start larger chain saws.

Almost all modern chain saws are equipped with a throttle latch. This is a button or lever near the trigger, usually on the right side of the rear handle. On some saws, this latch will automatically half-open the throttle when you push it in. You have to squeeze the throttle control or trigger and then push in the throttle latch button. This locks the trigger at the half-throttle position. If your saw has a trigger interlock system, you will have to use your grip to simultaneously depress both the safety catch on the top of the handle, and the trigger. Then you can set the throttle with the throttle latch.

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