Drilling To A Specific Depth; Another Way - Depth Scale; Locking Chuck At Desired Depth - RIDGID DP1500 Owner's Manual

Drilling to a Specific Depth

To drill a blind hole (not all the way through) to a given
depth, proceed as follows.
1. Mark the depth of the hole on the workpiece.
2. Loosen the depth scale lock.
3. With the switch OFF, bring the drill bit down until the tip
of lips of the bit are even with the mark.
4. Turn the depth scale counterclockwise until it stops
moving.
5. Tighten the depth scale lock.
6. The drill bit will stop at this depth until the depth scale
is readjusted.

Another Way - Depth Scale

1. With the power off, loosen the depth scale lock.
2. Place workpiece on table. Adjust table until the tip of
the drill bit is just a little above the top of the workpiece,
turn the depth scale counterclockwise to zero.
3. Turn the depth scale clockwise until the depth scale
indicator points to the desired drilling depth on the
depth scale.
4. Tighten the depth scale lock.
5. The chuck or drill will now be stopped after traveling
downward the distance selected on the depth scale.

Locking Chuck at Desired Depth

1. With the switch off, loosen the depth scale lock.
2. Turn the feed handles until the chuck is at the desired
depth. Hold feed handles at this position.
3. Turn the depth scale clockwise until it stops.
4. Tighten the depth scale lock.
5. The chuck will now be held at this depth when the feed
handles are released.
Depth Scale
Indicator
Depth Scale
Mark
Depth Scale
Adjust to
Desired Depth
19
Depth
Scale Lock
Depth
Scale Lock