Craftsman 315.11445 Cordless Drill User Manual


 
KEYLESS CHUCK
See Figure 5.
The drill has a keyless chuck. As the name implies, you can
hand tighten or release drill bits 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 on the chuck indicate
which direction to rotate the chuck body in order to LOCK
(tighten) or UNLOCK (release) the drill bit.
UNLOCK CHUCK
DRILLBIT COLLAR
CHUCKJAWS
LOCK
(TIGHTEN)
CHUCK
BODY
Fig. 5
_t_ WARNING: Do not hold chuck body with one hand
and use power of the drill to tighten chuck jaws on
drill bits. Chuck body could slip in your hand or your
hand could slip and come in contact with rotating drill
bit. This could cause an accident resulting in serious
personal injury.
BIT STORAGE
See Figure 6.
When not in use, bits provided with the drill can be placed
in the storage area located on the top of the drill as shown
in figure 6.
BITSTORAGEAREA
INSTALLING BITS
See Figure 7.
Lock switch trigger on the drill by placing the direction
of rotation selector in center position. See Figure 2.
Open or close chuck jaws to a point where the open-
ing is slightly larger than the bit size you intend to use.
Also, raise the front of the drill slightly to keep the bit
from falling out of the chuck jaws.
insert drill bit straight into chuck the full length of the
jaws as shown in figure 7.
Tighten the chuck jaws on drill bit.
UNLOCK
DRILLBIT (RELEASE)
CUC J S I _
LOCK
(TIGHTEN) CHUCK
BODY
RIGHT
CHUCK
COLLAR
Fig. 7
To tighten the chuck jaws on drill bit; grasp and hold
the collar of the chuck with one hand, while rotating
the chuck body with your other hand.
Note: Rotate the chuck body in the direction of the
arrow marked LOCK to tighten chuck jaws.
Do not use a wrench to tighten or loosen the chuck
jaws.
_ WARNING: Make sure to insert drill bit straight into
chuck jaws. Do not insert drill bit into chuck jaws at
an angle and then tighten, as shown in figure 8. This
could cause drill bit to be thrown from drill, resulting
in possible serious personal injury or damage to the
chuck.
SCREWDRIVER
BITS
Fig. 6 Fig. 8
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