3.Pull the magazine cover back until it stops.
4.Insert a strip of nails,
Figure 6. Loading nails into brad
magazine.
5.Slide the nails all the way down to the nose of the nailer.
6.Push the magazine cover forward until the magazine latch locks it in place.
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3.Depress the safety nose mechanism against your workpiece.
4.Before pulling the trigger, make sure your free hand and other body parts are positioned out of the way of a potential path of a nail in case of deflec- tion.
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 7.
Besides damaging your workpiece, deflection can cause injury if your free hand is in the path of the deflecting nail.
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| Figure 7. Example of nail deflection. | ||
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five to six drops of the included oil into the | — If the nail drove into the wood far | ||
quick connect fitting where the nailer con- | enough, continue with your intended | ||
nects to the air supply. |
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1. Connect the air supply to the quick con- | Depth section on the next page. | ||
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of a piece of clean scrap wood that is |
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