KEYLESSCHUCK

See Figure 5.

Your 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.

UNLOCK CHUCK

(RELEASE) BODY

DRILLBIT

LOCK

(TIGHTEN) CHUCK COLLAR

Fig. 5

_ 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 your drill can be placed in the storage area located on the top of your drill as shown in figure 6.

SCREWDRIVER

SITS

SIT

AREA

Fig. 6

INSTALLING BITS

See Figure 7.

Lock switch trigger on your drill 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 drill bit straight into chuck the full length of the jaws as shown in figure 7.

CHUCKJAWS CHUCKBODY

DRILLBIT

CHUCKCOLLAR

RIGHT

Fig. 7

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

_k 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. 8

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