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CHAIN SAW TERMS AND DEFINITIONS

Bucking Process of cutting a felled tree

or log into lengths.

Felling Process of cutting down a tree.

Felling Cut Final cut when felling a tree.

Make this cut on opposite side of tree from

notching cut.

Front Handle Located at front of saw

body.

Front Hand Guard Shield between front

handle and guide bar. Protects left hand

while using saw.

Guide Bar Metal bar that extends from

saw body. The guide bar supports and

guides chain.

Guide Bar Nose Tip or end of guide

bar.

Inner Pole The moveable section of tubing

to which the saw is attached.

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 limb(s) from

a felled tree.

Low-Kickback Chain Chain that reduces

chance of kickback as required by ANSI

B175.1.

Normal Cutting Position Stance used

while making bucking and felling cuts.

Notching Cut Notch cut in tree that di-

rects fall of tree.

Outer Pole Retains the moveable inner

pole.

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 reduces chance of kickback.

Replacement Chain Chain that complies

with ANSI B175.1 when used with a speciﬁ c

saw. It may not meet ANSI requirements

when used with other saws.

Saw Chain (Chain) Loop of chain hav-

ing 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

felling 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 trigger. It moves switch when you

squeeze trigger.

Trigger Lockout Device that reduces ac-

cidental 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

limb(s) from a living tree.

Undercut An upward cut from underside

of log or limb. This is done while in nor-

mal cutting position and cutting with top

of guide bar.

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