_WARNING: Always wear safety goggles or
safety glasses with side shields when operating
tools. Failure to do so could result in objects
being thrown into your eyes, resulting in possible
sedous injury,
DRILLING
See Figure 9.
Move the drill bitinto the workpiece applying only
enough pressure to keep the bit cutting. DO not force
or apply side pressure to elongate a hole.
_L WARNING: Be prepared for binding or bit
breakthrough. When these situations occur, drill
has a tendency to grab and kick opposite tothe
direction of rotation and could cause loss of
control when breaking through material. If not
prepared, this lossof control can result in
possible serious injury.
When drilling metals, use a light oil on toe drill bit to
keep itfrom overheating. The oil willprolong the life of
the bRand increase the drilling action.
Ifthe bit jams in work,piece or itthe drill stalls, release
switchtrigger immediately. Remove the bit from the
workpiece and determine the reason for jamming.
LEVEL DRILLING
See Figure 10.
A convenient feature provided withyour dritlis a level
Itis recessed inthe motor housing on top ofyour drill.
Itcan be used to keep drill bitlevel during drilling
operations.
Whenddllinghardsmoothsurfacesuse acenter
punchtomarkdesiredhole location.Thiswillprevent
thedrillbit fromslippingoffcenterasthe hole is
started.However,thelowspeed featureallows
startingholeswithoutcenterpunchingifdesired.To
accomplishthis,simplyoperateyourddllat a low
speeduntilthehole is started.
Themater_l tobedrilled shouldbe secured ina vise
orwithclampsto keep itfromtumlogas the dditbit
rotates.
Holdtoolfirmlyandplace thebitat the pointto be
drilled.Depresstheswitchtriggertostart tool Fig. 10
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