DeWalt DCMASPS5, Original Instructions Manual

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English
Markings on Tool
The following pictograms are shown on the tool:
Read instruction manual before use.
Wear eye protection.
Wear ear protection.
Do not leave in rain.
Wear head protection.
Wear protective gloves.
Cut hazard. Keep fingers away from slot.
No hands
Package Contents
The package contains:
1 Pole saw
1 Extension pole
1 Scabbard
1 Hex wrench
1 Instruction manual
• Check for damage to the tool, parts or accessories which may
have occurred during transport.
• Take the time to thoroughly read and understand this manual
prior to operation.
Residual Risks
In spite of the application of the relevant safety regulations
and the implementation of safety devices, certain residual risks
cannot be avoided. These are:
• Impairment of hearing.
• Risk of personal injury due to flying particles.
• Risk of burns due to accessories becoming hot
during operation.
• Risk of personal injury due to prolonged use.
SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS
Storage
1 . Store indoors. The best storage place is one that is cool and
dry away from direct sunlight, excess heat or cold and out of
the reach of children.
2 . Always reduce the tension off the chain again after
finishing work. The chain contracts as it cools down. If
tension is not reduced, it can damage the saw.
Kickback Safety Features
WARNING: The following features are included on
your pole saw to help reduce the hazard of kickback;
however such features will not totally eliminate this
dangerous reaction. As a pole saw user do not rely only
on safety devices. You must follow all safety precautions,
instructions, and maintenance in this manual to help avoid
kickback and other forces which can result in serious injury.
• Reduced‑Kickback Guide Bar, designed with a small
radius tip which reduces the size of the kickback danger zone
on bar tip. A reduced‑ kickback guide bar is one which has
been demonstrated to significantly reduce the number and
seriousness of kickbacks when tested in accordance with
safety requirements for electric chain saws.
• Reduced Kickback Chain, designed with a contoured depth
gauge and guard link which deflect kickback force and allow
wood to gradually ride into the cutter. A reduced‑kickback
chain is a chain which has met kickback performance
requirements when tested on the representative sample of
chain saws.
Pole Saw Names and Terms
• Drive Sprocket or Sprocket ‑ The toothed part that drives
the saw chain.
• Guide Bar ‑ A solid railed structure that supports and guides
the saw chain.
• Guide Bar Scabbard ‑ Enclosure fitted over guide bar to
prevent tooth contact when saw is not in use.
• Kickback ‑ The backward or upward motion, or both of the
guide bar occurring when the saw chain near the nose of the
top area of the guide bar contacts any object such as a log or
branch, or when the wood closes in and pinches the saw chain
in the cut.
• Reduced Kickback Chain ‑ A chain that complies with
the kickback performance requirements. (when tested on a
representative sample of chain saws.
• Reduced Kickback Guide Bar ‑ A guide bar which has been
demonstrated to reduce kickback significantly.
•
Replacement Saw Chain ‑
A chain that complies with
kickback performance requirements when tested with specific
chain saws. It may not meet performance requirements when
used with other saws.
• Saw Chain ‑ A loop of chain having cutting teeth, that cut the
wood, and that is driven by the motor and is supported by the
guide bar.
• Spiked Bumper (Spike) ‑ The pointed tooth or teeth for
use when pruning to pivot the saw and maintain position
while sawing.
• Switch ‑ A device that when operated will complete or interrupt
an electrical power circuit to the motor of the chain saw.
• Switch Lockout ‑ A movable stop that prevents the
unintentional operation of the switch until manually actuated.
• Trimming (Pruning) ‑ Process of cutting limbs from a tree.
• Undercut ‑ An upward cut from underside of a log or limb.
This is done while in normal cutting position and cutting with
top of guide bar.