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Chain Saw Safety Manual 1
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When not using the machine, it must be Other uses are not permitted and may
Safety Precautions and laid down in such a way that it does not lead to accidents or damage to the
Working Techniques endanger anyone. Ensure that the machine. The machine must not be
machine cannot be used without modified in any way - this may also lead
Special safety precau-
authorization. to accidents or damage to the machine.
tions must be observed
when using a chain saw The user is responsible for accidents or Only use tools, guide bars, chains, chain
because the work goes risks involving third parties or their sprockets or accessories that have been
faster than with an axe property. approved by STIHL for this machine or
and a hand saw, because which are technically equivalent.
The machine should only be provided or
the chain runs at very Contact a dealer if in doubt. Only use
loaned to people familiar with this model
high speeds, and high-quality tools or accessories.
and its operation – and the Instruction
because the cutters are Otherwise there may be a risk of
Manual should always be handed over
extremely sharp. accidents or damage to the machine.
with the machine.
It is important that you STIHL recommends the use of genuine
The machine may only be operated by
carefully read the entire STIHL tools, guide bars, chains, chain
people who are fit, in good physical
Instruction Manual before sprockets and accessories. These have
health and in good mental condition. If
using the machine for the been optimized for the product and the
you have any condition that might be
first time and keep it in a user's requirements.
aggravated by strenuous work, check
safe place for future ref- with your doctor before operating a
erence. Non-compliance power tool. Clothing and equipment
with the Instruction Man-
ual may cause serious or If you have a pacemaker: The ignition
system of your machine produces an Wear proper protective clothing and
even fatal injury.
electromagnetic field of very low equipment.
Observe the national safety regulations intensity. An effect on individual
issued, for example, by the employers' Clothing must be sturdy
pacemaker types cannot be excluded and snug-fitting, but allow
liability insurance association, social entirely. STIHL recommends that you
security institutions, occupational safety complete freedom of
consult your doctor and the movement. Wear snug fit-
and health authorities or other manufacturer of your pacemaker in
organizations. ting clothing with cut-
order to avoid all health hazards. retardant pads – an
If you have never used a power tool Anyone who has consumed alcohol, overall, not a loose-fitting
before: Ask the salesperson or another medicines affecting their ability to react jacket.
expert to explain how to use it safely – or or drugs must not operate a power tool.
attend a training course. Clothing which could become trapped in
Postpone the work if the weather is bad wood, brush or moving parts of the
Minors should never be allowed to use a (rain, snow, ice, wind) - higher risk of machine should not be worn. Do not
chain saw – except for young trainees accidents! wear a scarf, tie or jewelry when
over the age of 16 when working under operating the machine. Long hair must
supervision. Do not cut any material other than wood be tied up and covered (headscarf, cap,
or wooden objects.
Keep children, animals and bystanders helmet, etc.).
well away from the machine.
The machine is operated by only one Take breaks in due time in order to If the machine is subjected to unusually
person – there should not be any other prevent tiredness and exhaustion – risk high loads for which it was not designed
person within the working area – not of accidents! (e.g., heavy impact or a fall), always
even when starting the machine. check that it is in good condition before
Keep easily combustible materials (e.g.,
continuing work - refer also to the
Lock the chain with the chain brake wood chips, bark, dry grass, fuel) away
section "Before starting". Check the fuel
before starting – risk of personal injury from hot exhaust gases and hot mufflers
system for leaks and make sure the
due to rotating chain! – risk of fire! Mufflers with catalytic
safety devices are working properly.
converters can become especially hot.
Do not drop-start the engine – start as Never continue using a power tool that is
described in the Instruction Manual. Your power tool produces not in perfect working order. Consult a
Do not start the chain saw if the chain is toxic exhaust fumes as STIHL dealer if in doubt.
in a cut. soon as the engine is
Make certain that the saw chain does
running. These gases
not continue rotating when the engine is
may be colorless and
During work idling – if necessary, correct the low
odourless and may con-
speed setting – if the chain continues to
tain unburnt
keep rotating in idle, have it checked by
In the event of impending danger or in hydrocarbons and ben-
a servicing dealer.
an emergency, switch off the engine zene. Never run the
immediately by moving the Master engine indoors or in
Reactive forces
Control/stop switch to STOP or 0. poorly ventilated areas,
even if your model is
Never let the machine run unattended.
equipped with a catalytic The most common reactive forces are:
When the engine is running: Note that converter. kickback, pushback and pull-in.
the chain continues to rotate for a short
Ensure proper ventilation when working
period after your let go of the throttle Dangers of kickback
in trenches, hollows or other confined
trigger – coasting effect.
areas. Toxic fumes can kill! Kickback can result in
Exercise caution with slippery surfaces, fatal cuts.
If you feel sick, if you have a headache,
water, snow, ice, steep slopes, uneven
vision problems (e.g., your field of vision
ground or green wood that has just been
gets smaller), hearing problems,
stripped of its bark –danger of slipping!
dizziness or inability to concentrate, stop
Use caution with tree stumps, roots, work immediately. Such symptoms may
ditches – danger of stumbling! be caused by an excessively high
concentration of exhaust emissions –
Ensure you always have a firm and safe
risk of accident!
footing.
Dust (e.g., sawdust), fumes and smoke
Do not work alone – keep within calling
produced while using the machine may
distance of others in case help is
be hazardous to health. Wear a dust
needed.
mask if dust is generated.
More care and attention than usual are
No smoking when working with or near
required when wearing ear protection,
the machine - risk of fire! Combustible
since warning sounds (shouts, alarms,
fuel vapor may escape from the fuel
etc.) cannot be heard properly.
system.
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– Always cut at full throttle
A
– Be aware of the location of the guide
bar nose When the chain on the bottom of the bar
Kickback occurs when the saw is – Do not cut with the guide bar nose – overbucking – is suddenly pinched,
suddenly thrown up and back in an caught or encounters a foreign object in
uncontrolled arc towards the operator. – Be especially careful with small, the wood, the chain saw may suddenly
tough limbs, undergrowth and be drawn forward toward the log – to
Kickback occurs if, for example, offshoots – the saw chain may avoid this, engage the bumper spike
become caught in them firmly in the wood.
– Never cut several limbs at once
Pushback (B)
– Do not lean too far forward
– Do not cut above shoulder height
– Use extreme caution when re-
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are not experienced in this cutting
– the saw chain in the area of the technique
upper quarter of the guide bar nose B
unintentionally comes into contact – Be alert for shifting of the log or
with wood or a solid object – e.g., other forces that may cause the cut When the chain on the top of the bar –
unintentionally touches another limb to close and pinch the chain underbucking – is suddenly pinched,
during limbing caught or encounters a foreign object in
the wood, the chain saw may suddenly
– the saw chain at the nose of the be driven straight back toward the
guide bar is pinched in the cut operator – to avoid this:
– Do not allow the top of the guide bar Holding and guiding the machine
to become jammed
– Do not twist the guide bar in the cut
Be very careful
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– with freely hanging limbs
– with trunks that are under tension
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between other trees because they
fell unfavorably Make certain that all parts of your body
– when working in windbreaks are well clear of the extended range of
travel of the saw chain.
In these cases, do not use a chain saw – Always hold the chain saw firmly with
use a hoist, winch or dragline instead. both hands: Right hand on the rear Always pull the saw out of the cut with
handle – even if you are left-handed. To the saw chain running.
Pull out trunks that are lying about and ensure reliable control, wrap your
have been cut free. Whenever possible, Use the chain saw only for sawing – not
thumbs tightly around the handlebar and for prying or shoveling away limbs or
deal with them in open areas. handle. roots.
Deadwood (brittle, rotten or dead wood)
poses a substantial, highly Sawing Do not underbuck freely hanging limbs.
unpredictable hazard. It is extremely Be careful when cutting shattered wood
difficult or even practically impossible to – risk of injury from slivers being
recognize the danger. Use aids such as Do not use the starting throttle position
for cutting. Engine speed cannot be caught and thrown in your direction!
winches or draglines.
controlled with the throttle trigger in this Make sure your saw does not touch any
Always be especially careful position. foreign materials: Stones, nails, etc. may
whenfelling timber near roads, be flung off and damage the saw chain –
railway lines, power lines etc. If Work calmly and methodically – only
with good lighting and visibility. Do not the saw may kick back unexpectedly.
necessary, notify police, power
companies or railway authorities. endanger others – stay alert at all times.
Use the shortest possible guide bar: The
chain, guide bar and chain sprocket
must match each other and your saw.
At the end of the cut, the chain saw is no – the natural inclination of the tree
longer supported by the cutting
– unusually heavy limb structure,
attachment in the cut. The machine's
asymmetrical growth, damage to
weight must be borne by the user – risk
tree
of loss of control!
– wind direction and speed – do not
Felling fell trees in high winds
– direction of slope
Felling may only be carried by persons – neighboring trees
who have had special training. Persons
who are not experienced chain saw – snow load
users should carry out neither felling nor – Take the general condition of the
limbing – increased risk of accidents! tree into account – be especially
Comply with national regulations careful with trunk damage or
regarding felling technique. deadwood (brittle, rotten or dead
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wood)
Only persons who are engaged in felling
may be present in the felling area.
Make certain that no one is endangered
On slopes, always stand above or to the
B
by the falling tree – engine noise can
side of the trunk or felled tree. Watch out
drown out shouting.
for rolling trunks.
When working above ground level:
– always use a lift bucket
45°
– never work on a ladder A
– not in a tree
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45°
– not in unsteady locations 1 1/ 2 1
– not above shoulder height 21/2
– not with one hand The distance to the next worksite must
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be at least 2 1/2 tree lengths
B
Begin cutting with the saw at full throttle
and engage the bumper spike – then
saw. Determine direction of fall and
escape paths
Never use the chain saw without the A direction of fall
bumper spike, the saw may pull you Select a gap in the timber stand into
B escape paths
forward suddenly. Always engage the which the tree can be felled.
bumper spike securely. Pay special attention to the following
points:
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escape paths
– When felling, stand only to the side
of the falling trunk and only move
back laterally onto the escape route With the help of the gunning sight on the
shroud and fan housing of the chain
– Plan escape routes on slopes saw, it is possible to check the direction
parallel to the slope of fall when cutting the felling notch.
C
– When getting out of the way, watch When making the felling notch, orient
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out for falling branches and the the chain saw so that the gunning sight
crown area points precisely in the direction in which
you want the tree to fall.
Preparing the work area at the trunk The felling notch (C) determines the
Several possibilities are permissible
– Clear the work area at the trunk of when it comes to the sequence of direction of fall.
branches, brush and other horizontal and diagonal cuts – observe STIHL recommends the following
obstacles – secure footing for all national regulations with regard to felling procedure:
workers technique.
N Make a horizontal cut – in doing so,
– Carefully clear the base of the trunk check the direction of fall with the
(e.g., with an axe) – sand, stones gunning sight
and other foreign objects will dull the
saw chain N Start a diagonal cut at an
approx. 45° angle
N Check the felling notch – then
correct the felling notch, if
necessary
Important:
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E
D
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The bridge (E) functions as a hinge to
guide the tree to the ground.
With long-fibered wood, sapwood cuts Give a warning cry of "timber!" before
prevent the sapwood from splintering making the felling cut. – Never saw through the bridge while
when felling the trunk – saw both sides felling – otherwise the tree with fall
N Make the felling cut (D) slightly
of the trunk at the level of the felling in a direction other than the one
higher than the horizontal cut of the
notch base to approx. 1/10 of the planned – risk of accident!
felling notch
diameter of the trunk – with thicker
– With rotten trunks, leave a wider
trunks, not more than the width of the – Exactly horizontal
bridge
guide bar. – approx. 1/10 of the diameter of the
Immediately before felling the tree, give
Do not use sapwood cuts on diseased trunk must remain standing
out a second warning cry of "timber!".
trees. between the felling cut and the
notch = bridge
Insert wedges in the felling cut in time –
use only wedges made of wood, light
metal or plastic - no steel wedges. Steel
wedges damage the saw chain and can
cause kickback.
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1
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2. While repositioning for the next cut,
keep the guide bar fully engaged in
N Engage the spiked bumper behind
the cut in order to avoid an uneven
the hinge. Pivot the chain saw Use the sectioning method if the
felling cut - apply the spiked bumper
around this point – only as far as the diameter of the trunk exceeds the length
again, etc..
bridge – the spiked bumper rolls of the chain saw guide bar.
against the trunk. 3. Insert wedge (3)
1. First cut
The nose of the guide bar should 4. Last cut: Position the chain saw as
enter the wood just behind the hinge for the simple fan cut – do not saw
– hold the saw absolutely through the hinge!
horizontally and swing it as far as
possible – use the spiked bumper Special cutting techniques
as a pivot point – reposition the Plunge-cutting and heartwood cutting
chain saw as little as possible. require training and experience.
Plunge-cutting
– for felling leaners
– for relieving cuts during bucking
– for DYI projects
– with soft deciduous trees to relieve – Do not hold the wood in place with
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your foot
2 tension in horizontal trunks and
1 prevent slivers of wood from being – Other persons must neither be
torn out of the trunk allowed to hold the wood nor help in
N use a low kickback chain and be N Make the plunge cut in the felling any other way
especially cautious notch very carefully – danger of
1. Begin the cut by applying the lower pushback! – then swing in the Lying or standing logs under tension
portion of the guide bar nose – do direction of the arrow
not use the upper portion – risk of Always make the cuts in the correct
kickback! Cut until the depth of the Limbing order (first compression side (1), then
kerf is twice the width of the guide tension side (2), otherwise the chain
bar saw may pinch or kick back – risk of
Limbing may only be carried by persons
2. Swing the saw slowly into the who have had special training. Persons injury!
plunge-cutting position – risk of who are not experienced chain saw
kickback or pushback! users should carry out neither felling nor
3. Make the plunge cut very carefully – limbing – risk of accidents! 1
danger of pushback! – use a low-kickback saw chain
Heartwood cut – Support the chain saw as much as
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possible
– Do not stand on the trunk when
limbing
– Do not cut with the guide bar nose
– Watch out for limbs that are under
tension
2
– Never cut several limbs at once
1
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– if the diameter of the trunk exceeds
twice the length of the guide bar
– if a piece of heartwood remains
uncut on large diameter trunks N Make relieving cut in the
compression side (1)
N Make bucking cut in the tension
side (2)
If the bucking cut is made from the No general recommendation can be STIHL recommends the use of genuine
bottom upwards (underbuck) – risk of given for the length of usage because it STIHL spare parts. Such parts have
pushback! depends on several factors. been optimized for the machine and the
user's requirements.
Lying logs must not touch the The period of usage is prolonged by:
ground at the point where the cut Before starting any maintenance or
– Hand protection (wearing warm
is made – otherwise the chain will repair work and before cleaning the
gloves)
be damaged. machine, always stop the engine and
– Work breaks disconnect the spark plug boot – risk
Ripping The period of usage is shortened by: of injury if the engine starts up
inadvertently! – Exception: adjustment
– Any personal tendency to suffer of carburetor and idle speed.
from poor circulation (symptoms:
frequently cold fingers, tingling To reduce the risk of fire due to ignition
sensation) outside the cylinder, move the slide
control / stop switch to STOP or 0 before
– Low outside temperatures turning the engine over on the starter
– Amount of gripping force (holding with the spark plug boot removed or the
the power tool tightly restricts spark plug unscrewed.
circulation) Do not service or store the machine near
Users who use the machine periodically a naked light - risk of fire due to the fuel.
or for long periods or users who Check fuel cap regularly for tightness.
repeatedly experience corresponding
symptoms (e.g., tingling sensation in Use only spark plugs that are in perfect
fingers), should undergo a medical condition and have been approved by
examination. STIHL – see Specifications.
Inspect ignition lead (insulation in good
Maintenance and repairs condition, secure connection).
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The following maintenance intervals apply for normal operating conditions only. If your daily working
every 12 months
if damaged
if required
if problem
monthly
weekly
Visual inspection (condition, leaks) X X
Complete machine
Clean X
Throttle trigger, trigger interlock, choke lever, stop
switch, Master Control lever (depending on Check operation X X
version)
Check operation X X
Chain brake
1)
Have checked by dealer X
Check X
Replace X X X
Sharpen X
Replace X X
Clean X X
Air filter
Replace X
Check X X
Anti-vibration elements
Have replaced by dealer1) X
The following maintenance intervals apply for normal operating conditions only. If your daily working
every 12 months
if damaged
if required
if problem
monthly
weekly
Cooling inlets Clean X
Check1) X
Spark arresting screen in muffler (not all markets)
1)
Clean, replace if necessary X
Check X
Chain catcher
Replace X
Main Parts
1 Shroud lock
2 Carburetor adjusting screws
3 Fuel pump (easy start1))
13 4 Shutter (summer / winter operation,
MS 211 only)
7 5 Chain brake
14 4 6 Chain sprocket
1
7 Chain sprocket cover
3
8 Chain catcher
8 2 5 9 Chain tensioner (side)
10 10 Bumper spike
6 11 Guide bar
11 12 Oilmatic saw chain
7 9 13 Adjusting wheel (quick chain
12 tensioner)
14 Handle of wingnut1) (quick chain
8 tensioner)
15 Oil filler cap
16 Muffler
17 Front hand guard
17 18 18 Front handle (handlebar)
19 19 Spark plug boot
20 Starter grip
21 Fuel filler cap
16 20 22 Master Control lever
24 23 Throttle trigger
24 Throttle trigger interlock
15 22 25 Rear handle
25 26 Rear hand guard
23
# Serial number
# 21 26
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1) Depending on model
*04571840121*
0457-184-0121