Working Instructions - Scheppach P-MGB5-1 Anleitung

9. Working instructions

Working with brush cutter / grass trimmer
• When you work with the petrol brush cutter for the first time, familiarize yourself with the operation
and control of the petrol cutting blade without running engine.
• The design of the petrol brush cutter allows for operation only at the right side of the user's body.
• Keep the petrol brush cutter firmly with both hands on the handles.
• Always make sure that the cutting tool continues to rotate briefly after the throttle has been re-
leased.
• Always so that the cutting tool no longer turns in a proper engine idle not press down the throttle.
• Always work with high speed so you have the best cutting results.
• Poke when working on a stone or a tree, turn off the engine and remove the spark plug then exam-
ine the petrol brush cutter for damage.
• Caution: Always be extra careful when working in difficult terrain and slopes. Cut tall grass gradu-
ally so as not to overload the unit.
• Always wear safety glasses and hearing protection and a safety helmet.
• Use the cutting blade to comb through brushwood, rank growth, young tree populations (trunk di-
ameter of maximum 2 cm), and high grass.
• While using metal cutting tools, there is generally a risk of recoil, when the tool hits a solid obstacle
(stones, trees, branches, etc.). Thereby, the tool is hurled backwards against the rotating direction.
• To cut rank growth and brushwood, you "immerse" the cutting blade from the top.
CAUTION: Be especially careful, when using this working technique, because the further away the
cutting tool is from the ground, the higher is the risk that objects to be cut and particles will be hurled
sideways.
Mowing with grass trimmer
• Use the plastic line cassette for a clean cut also at uneven edges, fencing posts, and trees.
• Carefully advance the trimming line to an obstacle, and use the tip of the line to cut around the
obstacle. When the trimming line comes into contact with stones, trees, and walls, the line wears
out or breaks off ahead of time.
• Never replace the nylon line with a metal wire.
RISK OF INJURIES
Automatic thread trimming (Fig. 36)
The petrol cutting blade is delivered with a filled line cassette.
This line will wear out during work. To feed new line, forcefully press the head of the line cassette
onto the ground while the engine is running at working speed.
The line is automatically fed due to centrifugal force.
The knife at the line guard will shorten the trimming line to the correct length.
Run the trim line approach cautiously to an obstacle and cut with the tip of the line around the ob-
stacle.
Working with hedge trimmer
• The hedge trimmer may be used only for cutting hedges, bushes and shrubs
• Hold the hedge trimmer with both hands on a safe distance from the body.
• The maximal diameter to cut depends on the wood's type, age, moisture and hardness.
• Therefore cut very thick branches using branch shears to your desired length before trimming the
hedge.
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