Product Manual

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OREGON® PowerNow™
CHAINSAW MODEL CS250
AF 0911 - F/N 547361
OPERATING THE SAW
GENERAL OPERATION
WARNING: ALWAYS WEAR PROPER
GLOVES AND HEARING AND EYE
PROTECTION.
PROPER GRIP
Withthesawonarm,atsurface,
graspthefronthandlewiththeleft
handandtherearhandlewiththeright.
Fingersshouldwrapoverthetopof
thehandleandthethumbbelowthe
handle(Fig.12).
GRIP WITH THUMB
BELOW HANDLE
Fig. 12
PROPER STANCE
Bothfeetshouldbeonsolidground,
withweightevenlyspreadbetween
them.
Leftarmshouldbestraight,withelbow
locked.Thishelpstowithstandthe
forcesgeneratedbykickback.
STOPPING THE SAW
Tostopthechainsaw,releasethetrigger
switchandthetriggerlock-out.
STARTING THE SAW
Graspthetopandrearhandlesrmly.
Pressandholdthetriggerlock-outwith
thethumb(1).Tostartthesaw,squeeze
thetriggerswitch(2)(Fig.13).Thereis
noneedtocontinuetopressthetrigger
lock-out.Itwillremaindisengageduntil
thetriggerisreleased.
(1) TRIGGER LOCK-OUT
(2) TRIGGER
SWITCH
Fig. 13
CUTTING
BASIC CUTTING
WARNING: ALWAYS BE SURE OF
FOOTING AND HOLD THE CHAINSAW
FIRMLY WITH BOTH HANDS WHILE
THE MOTOR IS RUNNING.
Assumethepropercuttinggripand
stanceinfrontofthewoodwiththe
sawo.Pressthetriggerlock-outand
squeezethetriggerswitch.Letthe
chainreachfullspeedbeforebeginning
thecut.
Begincuttingbylightlypressingthe
guidebaragainstthewood.Useonly
lightpressure,lettingthesawdothe
work.
Maintainasteadyspeedthroughoutthe
cut,releasingpressurejustbeforethe
endofthecut.