OPERATION

WARNING:

Never connect the router to power supply when you are assembling parts, making adjustments, installing or removing cutters, or when not in use. Disconnect- ing the router prevents accidental starting that could cause serious injury.

REMOVING AND INSTALLING THE ROUTER BASE

TO SWITCH FROM THE FIXED BASE OR D-HANDLE BASE TO THE PLUNGE BASE

See Figure 4.

TO REMOVE THE FIXED OR D-HANDLE BASE:

1. Unplug the router.

WARNING:

Failure to unplug the tool could result in accidental starting causing serious injury.

2.Place the router upside down with the Ryobi label away from you.

3.Loosen the locking arm on the base.

4.Depress and hold the gold spindle lock button. The gold spindle lock button will not depress fully unless it is in line with the hole in the collet.

5.If the gold spindle lock button does not depress fully, turn the collet nut while depressing the gold spindle lock button. As they align, the gold spindle lock button will depress fully.

6.Turn the depth adjusting ring counterclockwise until the motor is to its highest position. NOTE: As the motor is rising, the gold spindle lock button has to be de- pressed until it clears the rear window.

7.Align the indicator arrow on the depth adjustment ring with the indicator point on the base.

8.Pull the base until it dislodges from the motor housing.

TO INSTALL THE PLUNGE BASE

1.Unplug the router.

2.Place the plunge base on a flat surface.

3.Loosen the locking knob.

4.Align the groove in the motor housing with the rib inside the base. NOTE: The rib is located on the inside of the base in line with the handle.

5.Depress and hold the gold spindle lock button.

6.Slide the motor housing into the base.

7.Tighten the locking knob.

CAUTION:

Do not tighten the locking knob without the motor in- stalled in the base. Failure to heed this caution may result in permanent damage to the locking mechanism.

DEPTH

ADJUSTMENT

RING

INDICATOR

ARROW

1/32

0

1

2

 

 

 

 

15/32

INDICATOR

POINT

RIB INSIDE THE BASE

GOLD

SPINDLE

LOCK

BUTTON

LOCKING

ARM

DEPTH

ADJUSTMENT

RING

Fig. 4

GROOVE IN

MOTOR

HOUSING

Fig. 5

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Ryobi R181D Removing and Installing the Router Base, To Remove the Fixed or D-HANDLE Base, To Install the Plunge Base