Operator's Manual

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Figure26
1.Sail
3.Wear
2.Flatpartoftheblade4.Slotformed
Note:Forthebestperformance,installanewblade
beforethemowingseasonbegins.Duringtheyear,
ledownanysmallnickstomaintainthecuttingedge.
DANGER
Awornordamagedbladecanbreak,anda
pieceofthebladecouldbethrowninyour
directionorinthedirectionofbystanders,
resultinginseriouspersonalinjuryordeath.
•Inspectthebladeperiodicallyforwearor
damage.
•Replaceawornordamagedblade.
InspectingtheAccelerator
ServiceInterval:Beforeeachuseordaily—Inspect
theacceleratorforwearordamage.
Carefullyexaminetheacceleratorforexcessivewear
(Figure27).Becausesandandabrasivematerialcan
wearawaythemetal(especiallyintheareashown
asitem2inFigure27),checktheacceleratorbefore
usingthemachine.Ifyounoticethatatabonthe
acceleratorhasbeenworndowntoasharpedge
orthereisacrack,replacetheaccelerator;referto
RemovingtheBlade(page22).
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Figure27
1.Accelerator3.T ab
2.Weararea
4.Crackformed
WARNING
Awornordamagedacceleratorcanbreak,
andapieceoftheacceleratorcouldbethrown
atyouorbystanders,resultinginserious
personalinjuryordeath.
•Inspecttheacceleratorperiodicallyfor
wearordamage.
•Replaceawornordamagedaccelerator.
RemovingtheBlade
1.Grasptheendofthebladeusingaragora
thicklypaddedglove.
2.Removethebladebolt,thelockwasher,the
accelerator,andtheblade(Figure26).
SharpeningtheBlade
ServiceInterval:Every50hours—Sharpenor
replacetheblade.Maintainitmore
frequentlyiftheedgedullsquicklyin
roughorinsandyconditions.
Filethetopsideofthebladetomaintainitsoriginal
cuttingangle(Figure28A)andinnercuttingedge
radius(Figure28B).Thebladewillremainbalancedif
youremovethesameamountofmaterialfromboth
cuttingedges.
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Figure28
1.Sharpenthebladeatthis
angleonly.
2.Maintaintheoriginalradius
here.
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