Porter-Cable PC1800AG Instruction Manual page 12

Assembly
:
To prevent accidental operation, turn off tool and remove battery
before making any adjustments or removing or installing attachments or
accessories. Failure to do this could result in serious personal injury.
Attaching the Side Handle
• A three position auxiliary handle (5) is furnished with your grinder and can be screwed
into either side of the grinder housing as well as into the top.
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This handle SHOULD BE USED AT ALL TIMES to maintain complete
control of the tool. Always make sure the handle is tight.
Accessories
It is important to choose the correct guards, backing pads and flanges to use with
grinder accessories. See pages 13 and 14 for information on choosing the correct
accessories.
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Accessories must be rated for at least the speed recommended on the
tool warning label. Wheels and other accessories running over their rated accessory
speed may fly apart and cause injury. Threaded accessories must have a 5/8 inch-11
hub. Every unthreaded accessory must have a 7/8 inch (22mm) arbor hole. If it does not,
it may have been designed for a circular saw. Use only the accessories shown on pages
13 and 14 of this manual. Accessory ratings must always be above tool speed as shown
on tool nameplate.
Mounting Guard
MOUNTING AND REMOVING GUARD
: Turn off tool and remove battery before making any adjustments or
removing or installing attachments or accessories.
: Guards must be used with all grinding wheels, sanding flap discs,
wire brushes, cut-off wheels and wire wheels. The tool may be used without a guard
only when sanding with conventional sanding discs. Porter Cable model PC1800AG is
provided with a guard intended for use with depressed center wheels (Type 27) and
hubbed grinding wheels (Type 27). The same guard is designed for use with sanding flap
discs (Type 27 and 29) and wire cup brushes. Grinding and cutting with wheels other than
Type 27 and 29 require different accessory guards included with tool. A Type 1 guard is
provided for use with a Type 1 wheel and is shown in figures E and F below.
Both Type 27 and Type 1 guards attach and are
removed in the same way as described below.
1. Figure E ATTACHING - Open the guard latch
(10), and align the lugs on the guard (9) with the
slots on the gear case cover.
2. Push the guard down until the guard lugs engage
and rotate freely in the groove on the gear case
hub.
3. With the guard latch open, rotate the guard (9) into
the desired working position. The guard body
should be positioned between the spindle and the
operator to provide maximum operator protection.
4. Figure F - Close the guard latch to secure the
guard on the gear case. You should not be able to
rotate the guard by hand when the latch is closed.
Do not operate the grinder with a loose guard or
the clamp lever in open position.
5. REMOVING - To remove the guard, open the
guard latch, rotate the guard so that the lugs on
the guard (9) are aligned with the slots on the
gear case cover, and pull up on the guard.
E
10
F
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