Operation - Ryobi AG452 Operator's Manual

WARNING:
Do not allow familiarity with tools to make you
careless. Remember that a careless fraction of a second
is sufficient to inflict serious injury.
WARNING:
Always wear safety goggles or safety glasses with side
shields when operating power tools. Failure to do so
could result in objects being thrown into your eyes
resulting in possible serious injury.
WARNING:
Do not use any attachments or accessories not
recommended by the manufacturer of this tool. The use
of attachments or accessories not recommended can
result in serious personal injury.
DANGER:
Never attach a wood cutting or carving blade of any type
to this angle grinder. It is only designed for grinding and
sanding. Use for any other purpose is not recommended
and creates a hazard, which will result in serious injury.
DANGER:
Never use your grinder with the guard removed. It has
been designed for use only with the guard installed.
Attempting to use grinder with guard removed will result
in loose particles being thrown against the operator
resulting in serious personal injury.
DANGER:
Never attach a TYPE 1 straight or cut-off wheel to
this angle grinder. It is only designed for grinding and
sanding. Use for any other purpose is not recommended
and creates a hazard, which will result in serious injury.
APPLICATIONS
You may use this tool for the purposes listed below:
 Grinding metals
 Sanding wood or metal surfaces
 Wire brushing rusted or painted surfaces
SWITCH TRIGGER
See Figure 3.
To turn the angle grinder ON, depress the switch trigger.
To turn it OFF, release the switch trigger.

OPERATION

LOCK-ON BUTTON
See Figure 3.
The angle grinder is equipped with a lock-on feature, which
is convenient for continuous grinding/sanding for extended
periods of time.
To lock-on:
 Depress the switch trigger.
 Push in and hold the lock-on button, located on the side
of the handle.
 Release the switch trigger.
 Release the lock-on button and the angle grinder will
continue running.
 To release the lock, depress and release the switch
trigger.
If the lock-on feature is engaged during use and the angle
grinder becomes disconnected from the power supply,
disengage the lock-on feature immediately.
CAUTION
Never cover air vents. They must always be open for
proper motor cooling.
INSTALLING ACCESSORY WHEELS
See Figures 4 - 6.
 Unplug the angle grinder.
 Depress and hold
nut with provided wrench until spindle locks.
NOTE: To prevent damage to the spindle or spindle lock,
always allow motor to come to a complete stop before
engaging spindle lock.
 Loosen and remove flange nut from spindle. Do not
remove disc flange.
 Make sure flats on the bottom of disc flange are engaged
with flats on spindle.
 Place the accessory wheel over the spindle.
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LOCK-ON
BUTTON
SWITCH
TRIGGER
:
spindle lock button and rotate flange
Fig. 3