OPERATION
Loading Nailer | Operating Nailer |
To load your nailer: | If you have not read the safety instruc- |
| tions in this manual, do not operate the |
1. Disconnect the air supply from the | nailer. |
nailer! |
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2. Push the magazine latch in the direc- | Before you operate your nailer, place one |
tion shown in Figure 1. | drop of the included oil into the quick con- |
| nect fitting where the nailer connects to the |
| air supply. Fire the EMPTY nailer |
| before beginning, so oil does not come out |
| onto the project during regular operation. |
| To operate your nailer: |
| 1. Connect the air supply to the quick |
| connect fitting. |
| 2. Test the loaded nailer for proper brad |
| penetration. Hold the nailer perpen- |
Figure 1. Releasing magazine latch. | dicular to the surface of a piece of |
| clean scrap wood that is thick enough |
3. Pull back the magazine cover until it | for the length of brad nails you have |
stops. | loaded. Depress the safety yoke |
4. Point the nailer down and insert a | mechanism on your workpiece. |
stick of brad nails into the magazine | 3. Before pressing the trigger, make |
as shown in Figure 2. Make sure that | sure your free hand is positioned out |
the pointed ends of the nails rest in | of the way of a potential path of a brad |
the slot at the bottom of the magazine. | nail in case of deflection. (Deflection |
| is caused when grain irregularities, |
| knots or foreign objects inside the |
| wood cause the nail to change its |
| path, resulting in the nail puncturing |
| the surface of the workpiece as |
| shown in Figure 3.) |
Figure 2. Loading brad nails into nailer.
5. Push the magazine cover forward until the magazine latch locks in place.
Figure 3. Example of brad nail deflection.
H2911 18 Gauge Brad Nailer |