Makita DTR180 Instruction Manual page 17

Tying work
CAUTION:
Before inserting the battery car-
tridge, be sure to release your fingers from the
switch trigger and lock the trigger. If you insert
the battery cartridge while the switch trigger is being
pulled, it may cause an accident if the wire tying
process is accidentally carried out.
CAUTION:
When you turn the power on, never
bring your limbs or face close to the binding or
rotating parts of the tool tip. Otherwise, you may
be injured.
CAUTION:
When the power is turned on,
never touch the binding or rotating parts of the
tool tip. Otherwise, you may be injured.
► Fig.22
Preparation before work
1. Make sure that the battery cartridge is removed
and the trigger is locked.
2. Insert the battery cartridge into the tool, and turn
the power on. When you turn the power on, the wire is
cut automatically.
NOTICE:
Make sure that the tying mode lamp
lights up when the power is turned on. If it does
not light up, recharge the battery.
3.
Release the trigger lock.
► Fig.23: 1. Trigger-lock button 2. Switch trigger
3. Power button 4. Tying mode lamp
Single actuation mode
1. Push the arm securely against the tying point.
Push the tool vertically against the rebars, and press
the arm against the point where the rebars cross at a
45-degree angle.
► Fig.24
2. Pull the switch trigger once.
3. The wire is fed and cut automatically.
4. The hook holds and twists the wire, then returns to
the original position after the wires have been tied.
► Fig.25
5.
After tying, exercise care not to hook the arm on
the rebars and pull the tool up.
CAUTION:
If the wire has clung to the binding
part of the tool tip, turn the power of the tool off.
Lock the trigger, remove the battery cartridge,
and remove the wire using tools such as nippers
or pliers.
► Fig.26
Continuous actuation mode
1. Switch the tool mode from the single actuation
mode to the continuous actuation mode using the mode
switching button.
► Fig.27: 1. Mode switching button
2. Release the trigger lock.
3. While pulling the switch trigger, push the tool vertically
against the rebars, and press the arm against the point where
the rebars cross at a 45-degree angle. Press the contact
plate firmly against the tying point. The wire will be tied.
► Fig.28: 1. Contact plate
4.
After tying, exercise care not to hook the arm on
the rebars and pull the tool up.
► Fig.29
Cautions on working
• If you move the arm from the tying position during
the wire tying process, the wire will get stuck on
the hook, which may lead to incorrect tying.
• Keep pressing the tool against the rebars until the
wire tying process is completed.
• Do not move to the next tying point until the cur-
rent wire tying process is completed.
• The tool tip rotating part (hook) twists the wire
during the wire tying process. Hold the grip firmly
so that your body is not pulled by the tool.
• Do not touch the wires during the wire tying process.
• If you are repeating the wire tying processes in the single
actuation mode, fully release your finger from the switch
trigger. Then, continue to operate the switch trigger.
• If you pull the switch trigger when there is no tie
wire left, an error is displayed. Replace with a new
tie wire and restart the tool.
Tying tips
• Tilt the tool at a 45° angle to the crossed rebars,
and tie alternately as shown in the figure.
► Fig.30
• Avoid strumous sections of rebars.
► Fig.31
• If tying strength is insufficient, change the tying orientation
and perform tying twice so that tying strength increases.
► Fig.32
NOTICE:
When you make the second tie, bend
the tail of the first tie before making the second tie.
Otherwise, the wire may be repelled a second time. It
may cling to the tool tip, and the hook may be damaged.
Replacing the tie wires
CAUTION:
When you replace the wire, be sure
to turn the power off, lock the trigger, and remove
the battery cartridge. Failure to do so may cause an
accident.
1. When wire has been used up, an error tone will
sound and error "1" will be displayed.
2. Lock the trigger, turn the power off, and remove
the battery cartridge.
3. Push the release lever, and lock it with the lock lever.
► Fig.33: 1. Release lever 2. Lock lever
4.
Remove the wire reel from the tool.
NOTE: When wire has been used up normally, approx-
imately 20 cm of the wire remains wound on the reel. In
this state, replace the wire reel with a new one.
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