DRILLING
OPERATION (Cont.)
The material to be drilled should be secured in a vise
or with ciamps to keep it from turning as the drill bit
rotates
Hold your drill lirmly and place the bit at the point te
be drilled, Depress the switch trigger to start your
drill
Move the drill bit into the workpiece applying only
enough pressure to keep the bit cutting Do not force
your drill or apply side pressure to elongate a hoie
Let your drill and bit do the work See Fig 8
When drHting metals use a light oil on the drill btt to
keep it from overheating, The oil will prolong the lile
of the bit and increase the drilling action
tf the bit jams in workpiece or tf the dtiH stalis,
re_ease switch trigger immediately. Remove the bit
from the workpiece and determine the reason for
jamming
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