SHARKS SH 685, Instruction For Operation And Maintenance

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● Preparing the workplace
Prior to cutting with the pole pruner, you must properly prepare the workplace so to minimize the
potential risk of danger situations, what are accompained the work of pole pruner. You should make
sure, that in the workplace there will be present only authorized persons.
From the workplace, you should have good visibility, therefore, use cautioin when you are working in
difficult terrain, eg. on the slopes.
You should not start work during precipitation and in the case of high humidity, for example, mist.
You should wear protective clothing and personal protective equipment.
You should avoid cutting the wires, young trees and wooden beams.
It should be taken into account that the cut branches, which are falling down, can bounce from other
branches or jam between other branches. Prepare emergency escape in the case of falling branches
danger. Escape route should be free obstacles also in the course of work. If, in the course of work on
the escape road, the obstacles appear, they must be removed before further work.
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Connection the pole pruner to power (IX)
Insert the battery into the power socket, with its pins facing to the inside of the tool and to the top, until
the battery latches will lock. Make sure, that the battery will not slip out during work.
You should disconnect the battery by pressing both clips, and then remove the battery from the tool
housing.
● Starting the pole pruner (X)
Remove the cover from the guide and chain.
Grab the pole pruner with both hands, one hand on the front handle, the other grasp the rear handle.
Make sure, that the guide and the chain do not contact with any object and surface.
Withyour finger you should press the lock button of wwitch, which is located on the handle.
Press the switch and hold it in this position. You can release the lock button.
Before your proceed to cutting, you should wait until the engine has reached full speed, and make
sure that the chain smoothly moves over the guide. If you heas any suspicious sounds or feel
vibrations, you should immediately turn off the pole pruner by releasing the switch.
Switching off the tool is carried out by releasing the pressure on the switch.
When you stop the chain of tool you must disconnect it from mains and perform maintenance.
● Work with the pole pruner
Persons, who are going to work with the pole pruner for the first time, should seek advice, before
starting their work, on the work and safety from a qualified operator of a pole pruner.
When working you should observe basic occupational safety rules. You should also take into account
the possibility of the pole pruner rebound rowards the operator. The pole pruner can bounce in the
direction of the operator in the case, when the cutting chain hits a resistance.
To minimize this risk you shouls:
Pay attention the the location of the peak of guide when cuting. It is forbidden to cut with upper quarter
of the top guide (XI). You should cut only with the chain, which moves across the bottom part of the
guide. For the cut wood you should apply only the pole pruner, which is alreasy running. Do not start
the pole pruner after the it is applied to the processed wood.
Do not stand inthe cutting plane. This will reduce the risk of injury when the pole pruner rebounds (XII).
Always, during working, you should hold the pole pruner with both hands.
Make sure, the chain is always sharpened and properly tight.
When cutting branches and boughs you should not cut them close to the trunk, but first at a distance
of about 15 cm from the trunk. You should make two incisions on the depth equal to 1/3 the branch
diameter about 8 cm apart. One incision from the bottom, the second from the top. Then cut a branch
right next to the trunk to a depth equal to 1/3 the diameter of the branch. Finish cutting by cutting the
branch next to the trunk from the top. It is forbidden to cut branches by cutting them upwards (XIII).
In the case when the pole pruner is wedged during cutting the trunk, you should never left it with
running engine in this position. You should switch off the tool motor, disconnect it from its power
supply and remove the pole pruner from the trunk by using wedges.
It is forbidden to use of the pole pruner to hedge forming or cutting of shrubs.
Do not touch ground by the cutting head, chain and guide, do not allow for contamination of the tool by
soil.