Makita DTR180 Instruction Manual page 17

Checkout for curl guide open/close detection
Remove the tie wire, check the tool operation according
to the following steps, and make sure that the tool does
not start if the curl guide is open.
1.
Turn the power off, and leave the curl guide open.
2. Turn the power on.
If the tool will not operate and if the value "2" is shown
on the display panel, the state of the tool is normal. Turn
the power off, and close the curl guide.
If the tool operates and if no error is shown on the display panel,
the state of the tool is abnormal. Stop using the tool immedi-
ately, and ask your local Makita Service Center for repairs.
CAUTION:
If you open the curl guide and turn
the power on to check the interlock, hold the curl
guide as shown in the figure. Never bring your
limbs or face close to the binding or rotating parts
of the tool tip. Otherwise, you may be injured.
► Fig.21
Tying work
CAUTION:
Before inserting the battery cartridge,
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 rotat-
ing 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.
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