Craftsman 973.271830 owner manual Drill BIT Chuckcollar, To Decrease Torque Ring Toincrease

INSTALLING		BITS		REMOVING		BITS
See Figure 8.				See	Figure 8.
	Lock the switch trigger by placing the direction of			• Lock the switch trigger by placing the direction of
	rotation selector in center position. See Figure 2.
					rotation selector in center position. See Figure 2.
	Open or close chuck jaws to a point where the
				•	Loosen the chuck jaws		from drill bit.
	opening is slightly larger than the bit size you
				• To loosen: grasp and hold the collar of the chuck
	intend to use. Also, raise the front of your drill
					with one hand, while rotating chuck body with your
	slightly to keep the bit from falling out of the chuck "
					other hand. Note: Rotate chuck body in the
	jaws.
					direction of the arrow marked UNLOCK to loosen
•	Insert drill bit into chuck		the full length of the jaws
					chuck jaws.
	as shown in figure 8.
				• Do not use a wrench to tighten or loosen the
•	Tighten the	chuck jaws	on drill bit.
					chuck jaws.
	CHUCKJAWS		CHUCKBODY	• Remove drill bit from chuck jaws.
				ADJUSTABLE		TORQUE	CLUTCH
				Your drill is equipped with an adjustable torque clutch
				for driving different types of screws into different mate-
				rials. The proper setting depends on the type of mate-
				rial and the size of screw you are using.
				TO ADJUST		TORQUE

DRILL BIT

CHUCKCOLLAR

RIGHT Fig. 8

•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.

,_L WARNING: Do not insert drill bit into chuck jaws and tighten as shown in figure 9. This could

cause drill bit to be thrown from drill resulting in possible serious personal injury or damage to the chuck.

•Identify the twenty four torque indicator settings located on the front of your drill. See Figure 10.

•Rotate adjusting ring to the desired setting.

•1 - 4 For driving small screws.

•5 - 8 For driving screws into soft

material.

•9 - 12 For driving screws into soft and hard materials.

•13 - 16 For driving screws in hard wood.

•17 - 20 For driving large screws.

•21 - ,l¶ For heavy drilling.

TO DECREASE

TORQUE

RING

TOINCREASE

TORQUE

Fig. 9 Fig. 10

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