ORIGINAL INSTRUCTIONS
300 Watt
Electric Grass Trimmer
HELPLINE NO 0844 8010979
7. ON/OFF SWITCH
To start, press and hold the switch. Release
the switch to stop.
WARNING:
The cutting head continues
to rotate after the trimmer has been
switched off, wait until it has stopped then lay
down the tool.
OPERATION
WARNING:
Always wear eye protection.
Never lean over the trimmer head.
Rocks or debris can ricochet or be thrown
into eyes and face and cause blindness or
other serious injury. When operating unit,
check for the following:
Wear eye protection and heavy clothing.
Hold front handle with one hand and
auxiliary handle with the other hand. Keep
unit below waist level. Work only from your
right to your left to ensure debris is thrown
away from you. Without bending over,
keep line near and parallel to the ground
(perpendicular when edging). Do not switch
the machine on with the cutting head
on or near material to be cut. Ensure the
cutting line is at full speed before contacting
material to be cut.
WARNING: Make sure that line is fed out
before operation. Make sure motor is
up to full speed before trimming.
WARNING:
Use only 1.2mm diameter
cutting line. Other sizes of line will not
feed properly and will result in improper
cutting head function or can cause serious
injury. Do not use other material such as wire,
string, rope, etc. Wire can break off during
cutting and become a dangerous missile
that can cause serious injury.
TRIMMING (See Fig I)
Hold the bottom of the trimmer head about
8cm above the ground and at an angle.
Allow only the tip of line to make contact. Do
not force trimmer line into work area.
When trimming, cut from left to right to cut
ef
fi
ciently. This throws the clippings away
from the operator.
EDGING (See Fig J)
To edge, rotate the upper shaft with rear
handle 180
0
, place the edge guide and
trimmer head above the surface you are
going to edge, as shown in Fig J.
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1
2
J
EXTENDING THE CUTTING LINE (See Fig K)
During operation, cutting lines shorten due to
normal wear. For greater convenience and
ef
fi
ciency, your trimmer has been equipped
with a bump feed head that allows you to
simply bump the trimmer head to extend the
cutting lines while the trimmer is operating.
Cutting line will wear faster and require more
feeding if the cutting or edging is done along
paths or other abrasive surfaces or heavier
weeds are being cut.
1. While the trimmer is on and spinning, gently
bump the spool housing on the ground. This
should release additional cutting line from
the spool.
2. If no line is released, bump the trimmer
