DeWalt DWE4215 Manual page 42

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setting Guard adjustment Options
To adjust the guard release lever
adjustment option:
1. Remove screw using a T20 bit.
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2. Remove the guard release lever taking note of the spring
position. Choose the end of the lever for the desired
adjustment option. One-touch will use the slanted end of
the lever to engage the alignment holes
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collar. Two-touch will use the squared end to engage the
alignmnet holes 15 on the guard collar.
3. Replace the lever, positioning the chosen end under the
spring . Ensure the lever is in proper contact with
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the spring.
4. Replace screw and torque to 2.0-3.0N-m. Ensure proper
installation with spring return function by depressing guard
release lever .
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Mounting Guard (Fig. D)

CAUTION: Prior to mounting guard, ensure the screw,
lever, and spring are fitted correctly before mounting
the guard.
1. With the spindle facing the operator, press and hold the
guard release lever 9 .
2. Align the lugs on the guard with the slots
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gear case.
3. Push the guard down until the guard lugs engage and
rotate them in the groove on the gear case hub. Release the
guard release lever.
4. To position the guard:
One-touch : Rotate the guard clockwise into the desired
TM
working position. Press and hold the guard release lever
release lever to rotate the guard in the anti-clockwise
direction.
Two-touch TM : Press and hold the guard release lever
Rotate the guard clockwise or anti-clockwise into the
desired working position.
nOTE: The guard body should be positioned between the
spindle and the operator to provide maximum operator
protection.
The guard release lever should snap into one of the
alignment holes 15 on the guard collar. This ensures that
the guard is secure.
5. To remove the guard, follow steps 1–3 of these instructions
in reverse.
Flanges and Wheels
Mounting Non-Hubbed Wheels (Fig. E)

WARNING: Failure to properly seat the flange/ clamp nut/
wheel could result in serious injury (or damage to the tool
or wheel).

CAUTION: Included flanges must be used with depressed
centre Type 27 and Type 42 grinding wheels and Type 41
cutting wheels. See the accessories chart for more
information.

WARNING: A closed, two-sided cutting wheel guard is
re quired when using cutting wheels.
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9 for desired
on the guard
15
on the
14
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9 .

WARNING: Use of a damaged flange or guard or fail ure
to use proper flange and guard can re sult in injury due to
wheel breakage and wheel contact. See the accessories
chart for more information.
1. Place the tool on a table, guard up.
2. Install the unthreaded backing flange
the raised centre (pilot) facing the wheel.
3. Place wheel against the backing flange, centreing the
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wheel on the raised centre (pilot) of the backing flange.
4. While depressing the spindle lock button and with the
hex depressions facing away from the wheel, thread the
clamp nut on spindle so that the lugs engage the two
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slots in the spindle.
5. While depressing the spindle lock button, tighten the
clamp nut 5 :
a. Tighten standard clamp nut using a wrench
b. Tighten a keyless clampnut by hand. (Only use a keyless
clampnut if it is in perfect condition.) Refer to Package
Contents to see clampnut details.
6. To remove the wheel, depress the spindle lock button and
loosen the clamp nut.
Mounting Sanding Backing Pads (Fig. F)
nOTE: Use of a guard with sanding discs that use backing pads,
often called fiber resin discs, is not required. Since a guard is
not required for these accessories, the guard may or may not fit
correctly if used.

WARNING: Failure to properly seat the flange/ clamp nut/
wheel could result in serious injury (or damage to the tool
or wheel).

WARNING: Proper guard must be reinstalled for grinding
wheel, cutting wheel, sanding flap disc, wire brush or
wire wheel applications after sanding applications are
complete.
1. Place or appropriately thread backing pad
the spindle.
2. Place the sanding disc
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3. While depressing spindle lock
spindle, piloting the raised hub on the clamp nut into the
centre of san ding disc and backing pad.
4. Tighten the clamp nut by hand. Then depress the spindle
lock button while turning the sanding disc until the sanding
disc and clamp nut are snug.
5. To remove the wheel, grasp and turn the backing pad and
sanding pad while depressing the spindle lock button.
Mounting and Removing Hubbed Wheels
(Fig. A)
Hubbed wheels install directly on the M14 threaded spindle.
Thread of accessory must match thread of spindle.
1. Remove backing flange by pulling away from tool.
2. Thread the wheel on the spindle
3. Depress the spindle lock button
tighten the hub of the wheel.
4. Reverse the above procedure to remove the wheel.
4 on spindle 2 with
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20
17 on
on the backing pad .
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1 , thread clamp nut 19 on
2 by hand.
1 and use a wrench to