Craftsman 315.274990 Owner's Manual page 12

Variable speed / reversible professional 1/2 in. cordless hammer drill
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REMOVINGBITS
See Figure 9.
Lock the switch trigger by placing the direction of
rotation selector in center position. See Figure 6,
Loosen the chuck jaws from drill bit.
To loosen: grasp and hold the collar of the chuck
with one hand, while rotating chuck body with your
other hand. Note: Rotate chuck body in the
direction of the arrow marked RELEASE to loosen
chuck jaws. See Figure 7.
Remove drill bit from chuck jaws.
Do not use a wrench to tighten or loosen the
chuck jaws.
USING
DEPTH
GAGE ROD
See Figure 11.
A depth gage rod has been packed with your hammer
drill to assist you in controlling the depth of drilled
holes.
Loosen wing screw on auxiliary handle.
Orient depth gage rod so that markings on depth
gage rod face markings on wear plate. Insert
depth gage rod through hole on auxiliary handle.
Adjust depth gage rod so that the drill bit extends
beyond the end of the rod to the required drilling
depth.
Tighten wing screw securely. This secures depth
gage rod at desired depth of cut. It also secures
auxiliary handle.
WING
SCREW
WEAR
DRILLBIT
/,-;
TO
When drilling holes with the depth gage rod installed,
the desired hole depth has been reached when the
end of the rod comes in contact with the surface of the
material being drilled.
TO ADJUST
DRILLING
OR HAMMER
MODE
See Figure 12.
To adjust drill to drilling or hammer operation, rotate
mode selector in the direction of arrows as shown in
figure 12. For your convenience a hammer symbol
and drill bit symbol have been molded into the
selector.
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WARNING:
Your hammer drill has not been
designed for reverse hammering. Reverse
hammering may damage your drill.
MODE
V
SELECTOR
DRILUNGMODEQ,_I
Fig. 12
We recommend that you, use carbide-tipped bits and
select hammer mode when drilling in hard materials
such as bl'ick,tile, concrete, etc.
We recommend that you select normal drilling mode
when drilling w_h twist drills, hole saws, etc. in steel
and soft materials.
TO
DEPTH
DEPTH
AU_LIARY
HANDLE
DRILUNG
DEPTH
MAR_NGSON
DEPTHGAGEROD
Fig. 11
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