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CHAIN SAW NAMES AND TERMS
Bucking
Process of cutting a felled tree or log into
lengths.
Chock
Block or wedge used to secure wood from
moving.
Felling
Process
of cutting down a tree.
Felling Cut Final cut when telling a tree. Make this
cut on opposite side of tree from notching
cut.
Front Handle
Located
at fiont of saw body.
Front Hand Guard Shield between fiont handle and
guide bar. Protects
left hand while using saw.
Guide Bar Metal bar that extends fiom saw body.
The guide bar supports and guides chain.
Guide Bar Nose
Tip or end of guide bar.
Kickback
Quick backward
and upward motion of
guide bar. Kickback may occur when tip of guide bar
touches an object while chain is moving. The guide
bar will kick up and back towards operator.
Limbing Process of cutting fimb(s) from a felled tree.
Low-Kickback
Chain
Chain that reduces chance of
kickback
as required
by ANSI B 175.1.
Normal Cutting Position
Stance used while making
bucking and telling cuts.
Notching Cut Notch cut in tree that directs thll of tree.
Oiler Control
System for oiling guide bar and chain.
Power
Head
Chain saw without
chain and guide
bar. Also known as saw body.
Pushback
(Kickback, Pinch) Rapid pushback of chain
saw. Pushback may occur if chain along top of guide
bar is pinched, caught, or contacts a foreign object.
Rear Handle Handle located at rear of saw body.
Reduced
Kickback
Guide
Bar Guide bar that re-
duces chance of kickback.
Replacement Chain Chain that complies with ANSI
B 175.1 when used with a specific saw. It may not meet
ANSI requirements
when used with other saws.
Saw Chain (Chain)
Loop of chain having cutting
teeth for cutting wood. The motor drives chain. The
guide bar supports chain.
Spiked
Bumper
(Spike)
Pointed
teeth at front of
saw body beside guide bar. Keep spiked bumper in
contact with wood when telling or bucking. It helps
maintain
position
of saw while cutting.
Sprocket
Toothed
wheel that drives chain.
Switch
Device that completes
or interrupts electrical
circuit to motor of saw.
Switch Linkage This device connects
switch to trig-
ger. It moves switch when you squeeze trigger.
Switch
Lockout
Device
that reduces
accidentM
starting of saw.
Trigger
Device that turns saw on and off Squeezing
trigger turns saw on. Releasing
trigger turns saw off
Trimming
(Pruning)
Process of cutting fimb(s) from
a living tree.
Undercut
An upward cut from underside
of log or
limb. This is done while in normal cutting position
and cutting with top of guide bar.
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