Operation - Craftsman 315.175170 Operator's Manual

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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.
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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.
WARNING:
Keep a firm grip on router with both
hands at all times. Failure to do so could result in
loss of control leading to possible serious personal
injury.
APPLICATIONS
You may use this tool for the purposes listed below:
 Routing grooves, shaping edges, freehand designs,
etc., in wood
 Chamfering, rabbeting, dadoing, and dovetailing in
wood
 Routing edges on laminates
WARNING:
Before performing any adjustment,
make sure the tool is unplugged from the power
supply and the switch is in the OFF position. Failure
to heed this warning could result in serious personal
injury.
WARNING:
Bit continues to rotate after the router
has been turned off. To avoid injury, wait until the bit
has come to a complete stop before removing router
from the workpiece.
CAUTION:
To prevent damage to the spindle
or spindle lock, always allow motor to come to a
complete stop before engaging the spindle lock.
CHANGING CUTTERS
See Figures 4 - 5.
 Unplug the router.
 Remove dust shield from router base.

OPERATION

 Depress spindle lock.
NOTE: When using the spindle lock button for any
application, make sure the button goes all the way in.
If the button is depressed and does not go all the way
in, turn the collet until the spindle lock button locks into
place.
 Place the wrench provided through front of router base
onto collet nut and turn counterclockwise to loosen.
WARNING:
immediately after use, be careful not to touch the
cutter or collet with your hands or fingers. They will
get burned because of heat buildup from cutting.
Always use the wrench provided.
 Install cutter once collet nut is loose. If changing
cutters, cutter will easily slip from collet after loosening
collet nut.
NOTE: The collet is machined to precision tolerances
to fit cutters with 1/2 in. diameter shanks. To use
cutters with 1/4 in. diameter shanks, insert the 1/4 in.
adaptor into the 1/2 in. collet.
 Insert shank (non-cutting end) of cutter until shank
bottoms out, then pull it out 1/16 in. to allow for
expansion when the cutter gets hot.
 Tighten the collet nut securely by turning clockwise
with the wrench.
 Release spindle lock.
 Replace chip shield.
COLLET
NUT
CUTTER
11
If you are changing a cutter
TO TIGHTEN
15/16 in. WRENCH
SPINDLE
LOCK
TO LOOSEN
Fig. 4