Craftsman 973.111400 Owner's Manual page 10

INSTALLING BITS
See Figure 8.
• Lock the switch trigger by placing the direction of
rotatmn selector in center position. See Figure 5.
Ii Open or close chuck jaws to a point where the
opening 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 8.
• Tighten the chuck iaws on drill b{t
CHUCKJAWS
CHUCKBODY
DRILLBIT
CHUCKCOLLAR
RIGHT Fig, 8
• To tighten the chuck jaws on drill bit; grasp and
hold the collar of the chuck wLth one hand, while
rotating the chuck body with your other hand.
Note: Rotate the chuck body in the direction of
the arrow marked LOCK to tighten chuck jaws,
• Do not use a wrench to tighten or loosen the
chuck jaws.
,_ WARNING:
Make sure to insert drill bit straight
into chuck jaws. Do not insert drill bit into chuck
jaws at an angle then tighten as shown in Figure
9. This could cause drill bit to be thrown frem drill,
resulting in possible serious personal injury or
damage to the chuck.
REMOVING BITS
See F/gum 8,
• Lock the switch trigger by placing the direction of
rotation selector in center position. See Figure E.
• Loosen the chuck jaws from drill bit.
• To loosen: grasp and hold the collar of the chuck
with one hand. while rotating chuck body with your
other hand. Note: Rotate chuck body in the
direction of the arrow marked UNLOCK to loosen
chuck jaws.
• Do not use a wrenoh to tighten or loosen the
chuck jaws.
• Remove drill bit from chuck jaws.
ADJUSTABLE TORQUE CLUTCH
Your drill is equipped with an adjustable torque clutch
for ddving different _pea of screws into different mate-
rials. The proper setting depends on the type of mats-
rial and the size of screw you are using.
TO ADJUST TORQUE
ill Identi_ the twenty four torque indicator settings
(ocated on the front of your drill. See Figure 10,
• Rotate adjusting ring to the desired setting.
• 1 - 4 For driving small screws.
5 - 8 For driving screws into soft
materla[,
• 9 - 12 For driving screws into soft and hard
materials.
• 13 - 16 For drivLng screws in hard wood.
- 17- 20 For driving large screws.
• 21 - <LIl For heavy drilling.
TO DECREASE
TORQUE
RING
TOINCREASE
TORQUE
Fig. 9 Fig. lO
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