Operation - Hilti BX 3-ME Manual

5.5 Working safely with the belt and scaffold hook
▶ Before beginning work, make sure that the scaffold hook is securely attached to the tool.
▶ Use the scaffold hook only when necessary. Lay the tool down in a safe place when it is not in use for a
long period.
5.6 Loading the fastening tool with nails
5.6.1 Loading for magazine operation
CAUTION
Risk of crushing! The nail pusher, if it jumps back under spring pressure, may cause injury and
damage to the fastening tool.
▶ When pulling the nail pusher down, take care to ensure that it engages securely. Do not allow the
nail pusher to jump back under spring pressure.
1. Pull the nail pusher down until it engages.
2. Slide the nail strips into the magazine (a maximum of 2 strips of 10 nails).
3. Hold the nail pusher securely and press the nail pusher release button.
4. Guide the nail pusher back to its original position.
5.6.2 Loading in single-fastener mode
CAUTION
Risk of crushing! The nail pusher, if it jumps back under spring pressure, may cause injury and
damage to the fastening tool.
▶ When pulling the nail pusher down, take care to ensure that it engages securely. Do not allow the
nail pusher to jump back under spring pressure.
1. Pull the nail pusher down until it engages.
2. Allow the nail strip to slide out of the magazine and then check that the magazine is empty.
Note
The fastening tool may be damaged if you have not removed all the nails from the magazine before
activating single-fastener mode.
3. Hold the nail pusher securely and press the nail pusher release button.
4. Guide the nail pusher back to its original position.
5. Insert the nail in the depression provided in the fastener guide. You may also then place an approved
fastening element on the nose of the fastener guide.
Note
Triggering the tool with more than one nail in the fastener guide may damage the fastening tool.
When operating the tool in single-fastener mode, load only one nail into the fastener guide.
6. Activate the single-fastener selector switch.
◁ The single-fastener switch should be heard to engage.
Note
If the nail pusher is pulled down a few centimeters the single-fastener switch will disengage.

6 Operation

6.1 Using the support leg
On an even working surface, the support leg makes it easier to hold the fastening tool perpendicular as
attention then only has to be paid to lateral alignment. On uneven surfaces it may necessary to retract the
support leg in order to ensure that the fastener guide is perpendicular to the working surface.
When the support leg is in the extended position it is possible to use the scaffold hook, e.g. to attach the
fastening tool to a scaffold bar.
Printed: 24.08.2016 | Doc-Nr: PUB / 5242878 / 000 / 03
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