OPERATION
WARNING:
Do not allow familiarity with tools to make you careless. Remember that a careless fraction of a second is sufficient to inflict severe injury.
WARNING:
Always wear safety goggles or safety glasses with side shields when operating tools. Failure to do so could result in objects being thrown into your eyes resulting in possible serious injury.
WARNING:
Never attempt to use the router motor without first installing it in one of the approved bases. Failure to heed this warning could result in personal injury and damage to the motor.
CAUTION:
Do not tighten the lock lever without the motor installed in the base. Failure to heed this caution may result in damage to the mechanism.
APPLICATIONS
You may use this tool for the purposes listed below:
Rout grooves, carve designs, mortise door jambs, and create joints in wood and wood products
Cabinet making, routing counter tops, and finishing work in wood and wood products
SWITCHING FROM FIXED BASE TO PLUNGE BASE
See Figures 2 - 3.
To remove the fixed base:
Unplug the router.
Loosen the lock lever on the fixed base.
NOTE: It should not be possible to move the router motor with the lock lever tightened and the motor cor- rectly installed in either base. If movement is possible with the lock lever tightened in either of the bases, an adjustment to the lock lever needs to be made. See
Adjustments.
Hold the router motor with one hand, and with the other, depress and hold the adjustment button.
Pull the adjustment bar tab from the slot in the motor base.
Lift the motor up from the slot until the adjustment bar tab passes out of the slot area.
FIXED BASE | SPINDLE |
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| LOCK |
LOCK
LEVER
| TO | |
| UNLOCK | |
| MOTOR | |
| HOUSING | |
ADJUSTMENT | SLOT IN | |
BAR TAB | ||
MOTOR BASE | ||
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| ADJUSTMENT |
ADJUSTMENT | BUTTON |
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BAR | Fig. 2 |
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After the slot in the motor has cleared the tab, release the adjustment button and press and hold the spindle lock (until it fully locks in the collet spindle) so that it slides behind the fixed base housing.
NOTE: When using the spindle lock for any application, make sure that the button goes all the way in. If the button is depressed and does not go all the way in, turn the collet with the wrenches provided until the spindle lock locks into place.
Pull the base until it dislodges from the subbase. Use caution, as forcing may result in permanent damage to the locking mechanism.
To install the plunge base:
Unplug the router.
Loosen the lock lever.
Tighten the locking arm for stability.
Depress and hold the spindle lock until it fully locks in the collet spindle.
Align the router motor tab with the slot in the plunge base.
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