Craftsman CMCCS320D1 User Manual

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• Do not overreach. Do not cut above chest height.
Make sure your footing is firm. Keep feet apart.
Divide your weight evenly on bothfeet.
• Use a firm grip with your left hand on the front
handle
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and your right hand on the rear
handle
13
so that your body is to the left of the
guidebar.
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WARNING: Do not hold pruner by front hand guard.
Keep elbow of left arm locked so that left arm is straight
to withstand akickback.
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WARNING: Never use a cross‑handed grip (left hand
on the rear handle and right hand on the fronthandle).
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WARNING: Never allow any part of your body to
be in line with the guide bar when operating the
chainpruner.
• Never operate pruner while in a tree, in any
awkward position or on a ladder or other unstable
surface. You may lose control of pruner causing
severeinjury.
• Keep the pruner running at full speed the entire
time you arecutting.
• Allow the chain to cut for you. Exert only light pressure.
Do not put pressure on pruner at end ofcut.
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WARNING: When not in use always have the chain
brake (if equipped) engaged, unit turned off and
remove the battery pack.
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WARNING: Never operate the pruner without the
bar tip guard properly mounted on the guide bar
to prevent rotational kickback.
ON/OFF Switch (Fig.A)
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WARNING: Never attempt to lock a switch in the
ONposition.
Always be sure of your footing and grip the pruner firmly
with both hands with the thumb and fingers encircling
bothhandles.
1. To turn the unit on, push down on the the lock off lever
2
,
shown in Fig.A, and squeeze the trigger switch
1
. Once
the unit is running, you may release the lock offlever.
2. To keep the unit running you must continue to squeeze
the trigger switch
1
.
3. To turn the unit off, release thetrigger switch
1
.
NOTE: If too much force is applied while making a cut the
pruner will turn off. To restart pruner, you must release the
lock off lever
2
and the trigger switch
1
before the pruner
will restart. Begin your cut again this time with less force.
Allow the pruner to cut at its ownpace.
Common Cutting Techniques
Limbing
Removing the branches from a fallen tree. When limbing,
leave larger lower limbs to support the log off the ground.
Remove the small limbs in one cut. Branches under tension
should be cut from the bottom of the branch towards the
top to avoid binding the pruner as shown below. Trim limbs
from opposite side keeping tree stem between you and
pruner. Never make cuts with pruner between your legs or
straddle the limb to becut.
Bucking
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WARNING: Recommend that first time users should
practice cutting on a prunerhorse.
Cutting a felled tree or log into lengths. How you should cut
depends on how the log is supported. Use a pruner horse
wheneverpossible as shownbelow.
1. Always start a cut with the pruner chain running at
fullspeed.
2. Place the ribbed bumper 
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of the pruner behind the
area of the initial cut as shownbelow.
3. Turn the pruner on then rotate the pruner chain and bar
down into the tree, using the ribbed bumper as ahinge.
4. Once the pruner gets to a 45° angle, level the pruner
again and repeat steps until you cut fullythrough.
5. When the tree is supported along its entire length, make
a cut from the top (overbuck), but avoid cutting the earth
as this will dull your prunerquickly.
CUT FROM TOP (OVERBUCK)
AVOID CUTTING EARTH
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• When supported at one end first, cut 1/3 the diameter
from the underside (underbuck). Then make the finishing
cut by overbucking to meet the firstcut as shownbelow.

Craftsman CMCCS320D1 Specifications

General

Brand	Craftsman
Model	CMCCS320D1
Category	Chainsaw
Language	English