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Cutting Techniques
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Cut thick branches beforehand using a
branch clippers.
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The double-sided cutter bar enables cut-
ting in both directions or, with a swinging
action, from one side to the other.
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In case of vertical cutting, move the
hedge trimmer uniformly forward or up
and down in an arc movement.
•
In case of horizontal cutting, move
the hedge trimmer in a sickle-shaped
movement to the edge of the hedge,
so that cut branches fall to the ground.
•
In order to achieve long straight lines,
the placing of tensioned guiding cords
is recommended.
Cutting Shaped Hedges:
It is recommended that hedges be cut in a
trapezoidal shape, in order to prevent strip-
ping off of the lower branches. This cor-
responds to the natural plant growth and
allows the hedge to thrive optimally. During
cutting, only the new annual growths are
reduced and thus a dense branching and a
good screen will develop.
1. Cut the sides of a hedge first. To do
this, move the hedge trimmer in the
direction of growth from bottom to
top. If you cut down from the top, the
thinner branches will move out, which
may result in some areas having
sparse growth or holes.
2. Cut the top edge, according to taste,
in a flat shape, roof shape or rounded
shape
3. Trim young plants to the required
shape. The main growth should re-
main undamaged until the hedge has
reached the planned height. All other
shoots are lopped off to half size.
Care of Free-Growing Hedges:
Free-growing hedges are not shaped
when cut, although they must be regularly
maintained so the hedge does not be-
come too high.
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Assembly/commissioning of
the chain saw attachment
Pull out the power plug before carry-
ing out any work on the equipment.
Assembly blade
1.
Loosen the blade fixing screws
G
A
(
23) and remove the chain
wheel cover (
2.
To facilitate the assembly, posi-
tion the chain clamping pin (33)
by turning the chain spanners
(34) up to the stop anticlockwise.
3.
Place the blade (21) with the lon-
gitudinal milling above the centre
blade guide (21). The chain
clamping pun (33) must be com-
pleted immersed in the borehole
(35) in the blade.
Assemble chain saw
H
1.
Place the sawing chain (20) in a
way that the angled cutting edg-
es of the chain links are aligned
clockwise.
2.
Place the sawing chain (20) in
the nut of the blade (21) and
around the chain wheel (36).
3.
Screw the chain wheel cover
(24) and the fastening plate (28)
with the blade fixing screws (23).
Tighten the blade fixing screw
(4) with light hand force only
because the sawing chain (20)
must still be tightened.
Tensioning the saw chain
•
Saw chain (20) is correctly tensioned
if it can be pulled around blade (21) by
hand (wearing gloves) without sagging.
•
When the saw chain (20) is tensioned
with 9 N (approx. 1 kg), the gap be-
tween the saw chain and the blade
(21) may not be more than 2 mm.
A
24).