Operation, Applications, Adjustments

OPERATION

WARNING:

Do not allow familiarity with tools to make you care- less. Remember that a careless fraction of a second is sufficient to inflict serious injury.

WARNING:

Always wear safety goggles or safety glasses with side shields when operating power tools. Failure to do so could result in objects being thrown into your eyes resulting in possible serious injury.

APPLICATIONS

You may use this tool for the purposes listed below:

nRout grooves, carve designs, mortise door jambs, and create joints in wood and wood products

nCabinet making, routing counter tops, and finishing work in wood and wood products

REMOVING/INSTALLING ROUTER BASE

See Figure 2.

To remove the base:

ADJUSTMENT BAR	SPINDLE LOCK

		LOCK
		LEVER
		TO
		UNLOCK
ADJUSTMENT	SLOT IN
BAR TAB	SLOT IN	MOTOR
BAR TAB	MOTOR	MOTOR
	MOTOR	ARROW ON
		ARROW ON
		MOTOR

n Unplug the router.

n Place the router upside down with the Ryobi label away

from you.

n Loosen the lock lever on the 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.

n Hold the handles and pull the adjustment bar from the

slot in the motor base.

n Lift the base up from the slot until the adjustment bar tab

passes out of the slot area.

n After the tab has cleared the slot, release the adjustment

ARROW

ON BASE

To install the base:

Fig. 2

bar and press the spindle lock down and in (until it fully

locks in the collet spindle) so that it slides behind the

base housing.

NOTE: When using the spindle lock for any applica-

tion, make sure that the latch goes all the way in. If the

latch is depressed and does not go all the way in, turn

the collet with the wrench provided until the spindle lock

locks into place.

n Pull the base until it dislodges from the motor. Use cau-

tion, as forcing may result in permanent damage to the

locking mechanism.

nUnplug the router.

nWith the base right side up, loosen the lock lever.

nPush the spindle lock in, holding it into place.

nAlign arrow on base with arrow on motor.

nPush the base until it lodges into the motor housing. The spindle lock can be released once the motor slides down into the base. It will disengage once it has cleared the inside of the base. Use caution as forcing may result in permanent damage to the locking mechanism.

nPull the adjustment bar.

nPlace the adjustment bar tab in the slot on the motor.

nTighten the lock lever.