Setting The Clipper Blades With The Adjusting Screw - Heiniger Handy Mode D'emploi

• An electric cable lying loose on the ground for any distance can snag and become a source
of danger. Before starting to clip, lay the cable out carefully and safely. Avoid any kinks in
the power cable and prevent it becoming entangled. Animals must not stand on or walk
across the power cable or get caught in it. Never wrap the power cable around the machine
and keep it away from hot surfaces and objects. This may result in breaks and damage to
the insulation. The cable should be regularly checked for damage.
• Switch the machine to OFF (Position 0: Illustration 2) before connecting the terminal clamps
to the storage battery or removing them from it.
• Wear suitable work clothes. Do not wear any loose fitting clothing or items of jewellery
which could get caught up in moving machine parts. We would recommend in the strongest
Illustr. 2
terms that protective goggles and ear protectors are worn.
• Never insert any object into any of the machine's apertures.
• Noise from the machine can worry animals. Considerable injury can be caused as a result of
being kicked by an animal or being crushed by its body weight. Tether the animal securely,
approach it from in front and switch the machine on within the animals' range of vision.
• Animals should only be clipped if unauthorised persons have been excluded from the clip-
ping area.
• Only clip in well-ventilated spaces (dust) and never near objects or gases likely to explode.
• Danger of blockage! The machine must not be operated unless the blades are fitted.
• Generally, never plunge the clipper and clipperhead into liquids such as water, soapy water,
diesel, petrol, etc. This may cause serious injury to mechanics and motor.
These safety notes must be complied with in all cases.

3.2 Setting the Clipper Blades with the Adjusting Screw

Before putting into operation, make adjustments as follows:
Before Clipping:
With the machine switched off, tighten the adjusting screw until the first resistance is notice-
able. Then tighten the adjusting screw a further 1/4 turn.
Illustr. 3
During Clipping:
The patent clipping system guarantees long-term adjustment. When the blades cease clipping
adequately the adjusting screw should be tightened a further 1/4 turn (as in Illustration 3).
If this adjustment does not produce the desired result, the clipper blades should be reshar-
pened.
The clipping system works with much less pressure having to be applied than with traditional
animal clipping machines. Care should be taken, therefore, to ensure that the blade tension is
not set too high. Slightly adjust the blade tension from time to time during clipping.
Hair may collect between the clipper blades if they are insufficiently tensioned at the start
of clipping. This will have an adverse effect on further clipping progress or make it quite
impossible. If this happens, the clipper blades must be disassembled, cleaned, oiled and
re-fitted as described at 4.2.
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