Craftsman 973.11077 owner manual Drill BIT Chuck, To Adjusttorque

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INSTALLINGBITS

See Figure 6.

Lock the switch trigger by placing the direction of rotation selector in center position. See Figure 2.

Open or close chuck jaws to a point where the opening is slightly larger than the bit size you intend to use. Also, raise the front of your drill slightly to keep the bit from falling out of the chuck jaws.

Insert drirl bit into chuck the full length of the jaws as shown in Figure 6.

CHUCK JAWS CHUCK BODY

DRILL BIT

CHUCK/

RIGHT

Fig. 6

Tighten the chuck jaws on drill bit.

To tighten the chuck jaws on drill bit; grasp and hold the collar of the chuck with one hand, while rotating the chuck body with your other hand. Note: Rotate the chuck body in the direction of the arrow marked LOCK to tighten chuck jaws.

Do net use a wrench to tighten or loosen the chuck jaws.

,_ WARNING: Do not insert drill bit into chuck jaws and tighten as shown in figure 7. This could cause

drill bit to be thrown from drill resulting in possible serious personal injury or damage to the chuck.

REMOVING BITS

See Figure 6.

Lock the switch trigger by placing the direction of rotation selector in center position. See Figure 2.

Loosen the chuck jaws from drill bit.

To loosen: grasp and hold the collar of the chuck with one hand, while rotating chuck body with your other hand. Note: Rotate chuck body in the direction of the arrow marked UNLOCK to loosen chuck jaws.

Do not use a wrench to tighten or loosen the chuck jaws.

Remove drill bit from chuck jaws.

ADJUSTABLE TORQUE CLUTCH

Your drill is equipped with an adjustable torque clutch for driving different types of screws into different materials. The proper setting depends on the type of material and the size of screw you are using.

TO ADJUSTTORQUE

Identify the six torque indicator settings located on the front of your drill. See Figure 8.

Rotate adjusting ring to the desired setting.

1 For driving small screws.

2 For driving screws into soft material.

3 For driving screws into soft and hard materials.

4 For drivlng screws in hard wood.

5 For driving large screws.

,111 For heavy drilling.

TO DECREASE

ADJUSTING

TORQUE

RING

TO INCREASE

TORQUE/.

Fig. 7

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