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Craftsman 973.271601 Owner's Manual page 8

3/8 in. professional cordless drill-driver variable speed / reversible

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INSTALLINGBITS
See Figure 3.
Lock the switch trigger by placing the direction of
rotation selector in center position. See Figure 10.
Open or close chuck jaws to a point where the open-
ing is slightly larger than the bit size you intend to use.
Also, raise the front of your drill slightly to keep the bit
from falling out of the chuck jaws.
Insert drill bit straight into chuck the full length of the
jaws as shown in Figure 3.
UNLOCK
CHUCKJAWS__
WARNING:
WARNING:
Make sure to insert drill
A
bit straight into chuck jaws. Do not insert drift bit nto
chuck jaws at an angle and then tighten, as shown in
Figure 4. This could cause drill bit to be thrown from
drill, resulting in possible serious personal injury or
damage to the chuck.
DRILLBIT
LOCK
CHUCKSLEEVE
RIGHT
Fig. 3
Tighten the chuck jaws on drill bit. To tighten, grasp
and hold the drill with one hand, while rotating the
chuck sleeve with your other hand.
Note: Rotate the chuck sleeve in the direction of the
arrow marked LOCK to tighten chuck jaws.
Do not use a wrench to tighten or loosen the chuck
jaws.
WRONG
Fig. 4
REMOVING
BITS
See Figure 3.
Lock the switch trigger by placing the direction of
rotation selector in center position. See Figure 10.
Loosen the chuck jaws from drill bit.
To loosen, grasp and hold the drill with one hand,
while rotating chuck sleeve with your other hand.
Note: Rotate chuck sleeve in the direction of the arrow
marked UNLOCK to loosen the chuck jaws.
Do not use a wrench to tighten or loosen the chuck
iaws,
Remove drill bit from chuck jaws.

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