KEYLESS CHUCK

See Figure 5.

The drill has a keyless chuck. As the name implies, you can

hand tighten or release drill bits in the chuck jaws. Grasp and hold the collar of the chuck with one hand. Rotate the chuck

body with your other hand. The arrows on the chuck indicate which direction to rotate the chuck body in order to LOCK (tighten) or UNLOCK (release) the drill bit.

UNLOCKCHUCK

DRILLBITCOLLAR

CHUCKJAWS

INSTALLING BITS

See Figure 7.

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

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

insert drill bit straight into chuck the full length of the jaws as shown in figure 7.

Tighten the chuck jaws on drill bit.

UNLOCKCHUCK

DRILLBIT (RELEASE)COLLAR

LOCK

(TIGHTEN) CHUCK BODY

Fig. 5

_t_ WARNING: Do not hold chuck body with one hand and use power of the drill to tighten chuck jaws on

drill bits. Chuck body could slip in your hand or your hand could slip and come in contact with rotating drill bit. This could cause an accident resulting in serious personal injury.

BIT STORAGE

See Figure 6.

When not in use, bits provided with the drill can be placed in the storage area located on the top of the drill as shown in figure 6.

BITSTORAGEAREA

SCREWDRIVER

BITS

CUC J S I

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LOCK

 

 

 

(TIGHTEN)

CHUCK

 

 

 

BODY

 

 

 

RIGHT

Fig. 7

 

 

 

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

_ WARNING: Make sure to insert drill bit straight into chuck jaws. Do not insert drill bit into chuck jaws at

an angle and then tighten, as shown in figure 8. This could cause drill bit to be thrown from drill, resulting in possible serious personal injury or damage to the chuck.

Fig. 6

Fig. 8

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