Global Machinery Company EDG3 manual

1 1400W ELECTRIC LA WN EDGER EDG3 INSTRUCTION MANUAL Black Cy an Magenta Y ellow Code: EDG3 Date: 061010 Edition: 12 Op: PW[...]

2 Contents W ar ra nty P owe rt ool s Whi lst ev ery effo rt is m ade to ensur e your compl ete sat isf act ion with t his to ol, oc cas ion all y , due to the mass man ufa ctu ring techn iques, a too l m ay not live u p to o ur req uir ed leve l of p erform ance a nd you ma y n eed the ass ist anc e of our s ervice de par tme nt. Thi s p rod uct i[...]

3 Descr iptio n of s ymbols The ratin g p lat e on you r too l may sh ow sym bols. The se rep resent im por tan t info rma tio n abou t t he pro duc t or ins tru cti ons on its use . Wear hear ing prote cti on. Wear eye pro tectio n. Wear brea thi ng pro tec tio n. Do ubl e insu lat ed fo r addi tio nal prote ction. Co nfo rms to rele van t stan da[...]

4 Gener al safety rule s W ARNI NG. Read all ins tru cti ons . Fail ure to fol low all ins tru cti ons li ste d belo w m ay re sult in elect ric shoc k, fir e and/ or serio us in jury . The ter m “ pow er too l” in all of the warni ngs list ed be low re fer s to you r mai ns ope rated (co rde d) pow er to ol or ba tte ry ope rated (c ord les s)[...]

5 4. Po wer to ol us e and ca re a. Do not for ce the po wer tool. Us e the co rre ct pow er tool for your ap pli cat ion . Th e corr ect powe r tool will do the jo b bet ter and saf er at th e rat e for wh ich it was de sig ned. b. Do not use the pow er to ol if th e swit ch does no t turn it on and off . Any pow er too l tha t cann ot be contr ol[...]

6 • Check da mag ed pa rts befor e f urt her use of th e app lia nce , a gua rd or ot her part th at is da mag ed sh ould be caref ully che cke d to det erm ine that it will op era te pr oper ly and per for m it’ s intend ed funct ion . Chec k f or ali gnment of mov ing parts , bin din g of mov ing parts , mou nti ng, an d any oth er con dition[...]

7 Know your p roduc t Y ou hav e pur chas ed a power ful 1400- wat t Lan dsca pe Edg er , w hic h is ide al for tr adi tio nal ha rd su rfa ce edg ing alo ng dri veways , s ide wal ks as we ll as la nds cap ing tasks aro und the law n. By ra isi ng th e edge guid e, the edge r can be used in the ga rde n for su ch ta sks as shap ing bor der s, aro [...]

8 Setti ng Up Ass emb lin g the Sh aft The shaft mu st be as sem ble d on rem ova l from th e cart on. Rem ove the bag conta ining th e two small scre ws fro m the shaft . Not e: Bef ore asse mbl ing the upp er an d lowe r sha fts, yo u wil l need to remov e a nd dis card the prot ect or pac kag ing . 1. Ins ert the upp er sha ft (5) int o the lo w[...]

9 Swi tch ing on Y our GM C EDG 3 is fit ted with two safet y l eve rs to pr eve nt acc ide nta l oper ati on of th e too l. T o turn on the edg er pul l i n one or both Safe ty lev ers (3) and press th e powe r s wit ch (2) ful ly dow n. Hol d one or both of the le vers in to main tai n pow er to th e uni t. T o s top the edg er , r ele ase lever [...]

1 0 Opera ting Edg ing 1. Set the cut dept h at 25m m and se t edg e guid e to the dow n posi tion. 2. Th e gua rd inc orpora tes a rai sed rib sec tio n whic h a cts as a bla de cu t indi cator . This rib will as sis t in gui din g the ope rat or whe re th e blad e wil l cut. Du rin g oper ati on th e ope rat or can sigh t down th e rib of the gu [...]

1 1 NOT E: Edg ing of hea vil y over gro wn ed ges an d dam p soil s can creat e g rea ter build -up of dif ficul t to rem ove waste . It may be nece ssa ry to re mov e the bulk of this ma ter ial using a lon g thin impl emen t ( ie. screw driver ) b efo re ope rat ing the gua rd cle aner . Maint enanc e Cha ngi ng the Blad e W ARNI NG: Befo re pe [...]

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