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| lower speed settings (2600 RPM and below), than at high speeds. | |
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| As the tool approaches 3000 RPM, the effect is considerably less | |
FIG. 4 | CLAMP | FIG. 5 | dramatic. | |
Keep in mind that, with a conventional polisher running at a typical no | ||||
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| load speed of 2400 RPM, the tool slows down to about 2000 RPM | ||
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| under a polishing load. Your ET1490 will continue to run at 2400 RPM | |
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| (or any speed you select with the control wheel) as a load is applied. | |
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| Since it doesn’t slow down, the speed may be greater than you’re | |
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| used to so some extra caution should be observed until you get the | |
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| “feel” of your polisher. If you feel the speed is too great, you can, of | |
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| course slow the tool down with either the trigger switch or the control | |
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| wheel. | |
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| Spindle Lock Button | |
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| TURN OFF TOOL AND DISCONNECT FROM POWER SUPPLY. | |
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| (See Figure 1) In order to prevent the spindle of the tool from rotating | |
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| depress and hold the lock button. NEVER DEPRESS THE SPINDLE | |
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| LOCK BUTTON WITH THE TOOL RUNNING OR COASTING. | ||
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| Attaching and Removing Polishing Pads | |
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| (FIGURES 4 & 5) | |
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| TURN OFF TOOL AND DISCONNECT FROM POWER SUPPLY. | |
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| To attach pad, push the hub of the clamp washer through the hole in | |
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| the center of the polishing pad as far as it will go. Engage the | |
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| hexagonal hole in the backing pad. Holding the three pieces firmly | |
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| together, place the assembly on the tool spindle. Hold the spindle | |
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| lock button while turning the pads clockwise to thread them | |
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| completely on the spindle. | |
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| To remove the pads, turn them by hand in the opposite direction from | |
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| normal rotation to allow lock button to engage spindle, then unscrew | |
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| pads in normal direction for right hand thread. |
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