OPERATION

WARNING:

Disconnect the tool from the air supply before adjusting the shingle guide, removing nails, or clearing a jammed fastener. Failure to do so could result in serious personal injury.

USING THE SHINGLE GUIDE

See Figure 13.

The shingle guide on the front of the nailer features tool-free adjustment. It is used to place a shingle the desired distance from the front edge of the previous row of shingles.

nDisconnect the tool from the air supply.

nWith the nose of the tool pointed away from you, depress the buttons on the sides of the spacing selector.

nSlide the guide to the desired measurement.

nRelease the buttons.

nReconnect the tool to the air supply.

REMOVING NAILS

nDisconnect the tool from the air supply.

n�Open the feeder cover and magazine cover (see “Loading the Tool with Nails”).

nLift the nail strip from the spool and remove the remaining coil of nails.

CLEARING A JAMMED FASTENER

See Figure 14.

If a nail or fastener becomes jammed in the tool, disconnect the air hose and keep the tool pointed away from you while clearing the jam.

nDisconnect the tool from the air supply.

nOpen the feeder cover and magazine cover.

n�Remove fasteners from the tool.

nInsert a #2 Phillips screwdriver into the driving mecha- nism.

nTap the screwdriver gently with a hammer. The inserted screwdriver should push the driver mechanism back, freeing the nail jam.

nRemove the bent nail, using needle-nose pliers if neces- sary.

nReconnect the tool to the air supply.

nReload the tool with nails.

nClose the magazine cover. Close the feeder cover se- curely.

SHINGLE

MEASUREMENT

GUIDE

SCREWDRIVER

SPACING

SELECTOR

Fig. 13

Fig. 14

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RIDGID R175RNA manual Using the Shingle Guide, Removing Nails, Clearing a Jammed Fastener