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Craftsman 315.271690 Owner's Manual page 7

3/8 in. professional electric drill variable speed / reversible double insulated

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WARNING:
If any parts are missing, do not
operate this tool until the missing parts are
replaced. Failure to do so could result in possible
serious personal injury.
DRILLBIT
RELEASE
(UNLOCK)
CHUCKBODY
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WARNING:
Always wear safety goggles or
safety glasses with side shields when operating
your drill. Failure to do so could result in dust,
shavings, loose particles or foreign objects being
thrown into your eyes, causing possible serious
injury.
SWITCH
LOCK-ON BUTTON
Fig. 2
SWITCH
See Figure 2.
To turn your drill ON, depress the switch trigger.
Release switch trigger to turn your drill OFF.
LOCK-ON
BUTTON
See Figure 2.
Your drill is equipped with a lock-on feature, which is
convenient when continuous drilling for extended
periods of time is required. To lock-on, depress the
switch trigger, push in and hold the lock-on button
located on the side of the handle, then release switch
trigger. Release lock-on button and your drill will
continue running.
To release the lock, depress the switch trigger and
release.
If you have the lock-on feature engaged during use
and your drill becomes disconnected from power
supply, disengage the lock-on feature immediately.
KEYLESS
CHUCK
See Figure 3,
Your new drill has a keyless chuck. As the name
implies, you can hand tighten or release drill bit in the
chuck jaws. Grasp and hold the collar of the chuck
with one hand. Rotate the chuck body with your other
hand. The arrows shown in figure 3 indicate which
direction to rotate the chuck body in order to GRIP
(tighten) or RELEASE (unlock) the drill bit.
CHUCK
JAWS
GRIP
(TIGHTEN)
CHUCK
COLLAR
Fig. 3
WARNING:
Do not hold the chuck body with
one hand and use the power of the drill to tighten
chuck jaws on drill bit. The chuck body could slip
in your hand or your hand could slip and come in
contact with a rotating drill bit. This could cause
an accident resulting in serious personal injury.
REVERSIBLE
See Figure 4.
Your electric drill has the feature of being reversible.
The direction of chuck rotation is controlled by a lever
located above the switch trigger, With your drill held in
normal operating position, the direction of rotation
lever should be positionedto the left of the switch for
drilling. The drill direction is reversed when the lever is
to the right of the switch.
The design of the switch will not permit changing the
direction of rotation while the drill is running. Release
the switch trigger and allow the drill to stop before
changing its direction.
Note: Your drill will not run unless the switch lever is
pushed tully to the left or right.
FORWARD-REVERSE
LEVER
REVERSE
FORWARD
Fig. 4

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