Cutter Safety - Craftsman 183.172500 Owner's Manual

_ARNING_
For your safety, do not plug in your cutter or try to
use any accessory until it is complemly assembled
and installed according to these Instructions, and
until you have read and understood this Owner's
Manual.
Failure to follow these safety rules will result in risk of
serious injury.
1. WEAR EYE PROTECTION. This high speed tool will
throw particles from the workpiece during operation.
Make sure safety glasses have side shields.
2. USE FACE OR DUST MASK along with safety
goggles if cutting or routing operation is dusty. Make
sure work area is well ventilated.
3.
4.
USE HEARING PROTECTION, particularly during
extended periods of operation.
NEVER USE DULL OR DAMAGED BITS. Damaged
bits can break without warning. Dull bits may ovedoad
the motor, cut slowly and are difficult to control. They
will also overheat and possibly break.
ALWAYS MAKE SURE THE WORKPIECE IS FREE
OF NAILS AND OTHER FOREIGN OBJECTS. If the
bit strikes a nail it will jump sideways and possibly
break.
6. DO NOT USE THIS TOOL FOR DRILLING HOLES.
It is NOT intended to be used as a ddll.
ALLOW CLEARANCE UNDER WORKPIECE for bit
to b'avel. Never place workpiece on hard surfaces
such as concrete etc. The bit may jump or break
when contacting a surface other than the one being
cut.
ALWAYS SET THE DEPTH GUIDE TO THE
APPROPRIATE DEPTH. Use tool with the depth
guide flat against the work surface for better control of
the tool.
9. NEVER USE THE TOOL wrrHOUT THE SOLE
PLATE, PRECISION HANDLE OR ROUTER BASE
attached and appropriately adjusted.
10. ALWAYS CLAMP WORKPIECE TO HOLD IT
STEADY WHEN CUTTING. This will free both hands
for operating the tool.
11. NEVER HOLD THE WORKPIECE IN ONE HAND
while operating the fool with the other hand.
12. NEVER PLACE HANDS IN THE PATH OF THE
CUTTER AND UNDER THE WORKPIECE.
13. NEVER START THE TOOL WHEN THE BIT IS
TOUCHING THE WORKPECE. The bit may catch
the workpiece causing loss of control.
14. ALWAYS HOLD THE TOOL WITH TWO HANDS
DURING START-UP AND OPERATION. When
starting, motor torque will cause the tool to twisL
15. TURN OFF ALL CIRCUIT BREAKERS AND
REMOVE ALL FUSES in the work area when cutting
into walls or blind areas.
16. ALWAYS HOLDTHE TOOL BY THE INSULATED
GRIPPING _UlIRFACES ON THE BODY OF THE
TOOL where fllere is any possibility of the cutter
contacting hidden elecb'ical wires or the cord of the
tool. Contectwith "live" wires will make exposed
metal parts of the tool _live" causing an electrical
shock to the operator.
17. WHEN
CUTTING DRYWALL ELECTRICAL OUTLET
OPENINGS using the outlet as a guide, always cut in
a counter c_ direction. The natural tendency
of the tool to pull to the left will cause a "hugging"
action toward the outlet box, resulting in a heater cut.
18. NEVER LAY THE TOOL DOWN UNTIL THE
CUTTER COB TO A COMPLETE STOP. A
spinning bit (:an come in contact with the surface and
pull it out of yqmr con_ol.
19. NEVER TOU_H THE BIT IMMEDIATELY AFTER
USE. The bit!will be too hot to be handled with bare
hands and _dll bum your fingers.
20. ALWAYS RI_TI_HTEN COLLET AND ALL
ADJUSTMIENT8 before starting the tool after a bit or
accessory h_ been changed. Loose bits and
adjuskneolB_ cause unexpected shifting of the tool,
resulting in I_ bf control and injury from the bit or
cutter being thmt_.
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