Craftsman 315.279870 Sander User Manual


 
KNOW YOUR SANDER
See Figure I.
Before attempting to use your sander, familiarize yourself with all operating features and safety requirements.
VARIABLESPEEDSWITCH
(MODELNO.315.279570ONLY)
DUSTBAG
ASSEMBLY
ON-OFF
SLIDESWITCH
SANDINGDISC
BACKINGPAD
Fig. 1
Your sander has a comfortable palm grip that provides easy handling and positive control. It is suitable for
sanding with coarse, medium, and fine grit sanding discs. It produces a fine scratch free finish when used to
sand with the grain on wood surfaces. It has also been designed so that flush sanding is possible.
SWITCH
See Figure 2.
TO INCREASE
SPEED
o o
o o
DIAL
TO DECREASE
SPEED
TO
'TURN OFF
TO
TURNON
This sander is equipped with a simple switch control.
To turn your sander ON, slide the switch in the
direction shown by the arrow in figure 2. To turn your
sander OFF, slide the switch in the opposite direction
as shown by the arrow in figure 2.
VARIABLE SPEED SWITCH
(Model No, 315,279570 only)
See Figure 2.
The variable speed feature on Model No. 315.279570
allows your sander to operate at speeds that can be
adjusted by rotating the dial on the variable speed switch
from A to F.The dial is conveniently located on the motor
housing, allowing operator control of disc speed. To
increase sanding disc speed, turn the dial on the
variable speed switch to a higher setting. Turn dial to a
lower setting to decrease sanding disc speed.
__ ON-OFFSLIDESWITCH
TOPVIEWOFMODELNO.315,279570 Fig. 2
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