GLOSARY OF TERMS
Automatic Oiler: A system that automatically lubricates the guide bar and saw chain.
Bucking: The process of cross-cutting a felled tree or log into lengths.
Bucking Spikes: The pointed tooth or teeth for use when felling or bucking to pivot
the saw and maintain position while sawing.
Chain Brake: A device used to stop the saw chain immediately.
Chain Saw Power Head: A chain saw without the saw chain or guide bar.
Drive Sprocket: The toothed part that drives the saw chain.
Felling: The process of cutting down a tree.
Felling Back Cut: The final cut in a tree felling operation made on the opposite side of
the tree from the notching undercut.
Kickback: The backward or upward motion, or both, of the guide bar, which occurs when
the saw chain near the nose of the top area of the guide bar contacts any object, such as
a log or branch, or when the wood closes in and pinches the saw chain in the cut.
Low-Kickback Chain: A chain that complies with the kickback performance
requirements of ANSIB175.1 when tested on a representative sample of chain saws.
Normal Cutting Position: Those positions assumed in performing the bucking and
felling cuts.
Notching Undercut: A notch cut in a tree that directs the tree's fall.
Reduced Kickback Guide Bar: A guide bar which has been demonstrated to reduce
kickback significantly.
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