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_ WARNING: Always wear safety goggles or
safety glasses with side shields when operating
tools. Failure to do so could result in objects
being thrown into your eyes, resulting in possible
sedous injury,
DRILLING
See Figure 9.
Move the drill bit into the workpiece applying only
enough pressure to keep the bit cutting. DO not force
or apply side pressure to elongate a hole.
_L WARNING: Be prepared for binding or bit
breakthrough. When these situations occur, drill
has a tendency to grab and kick opposite to the
direction of rotation and could cause loss of
control when breaking through material. If not
prepared, this loss of control can result in
possible serious injury.
When drilling metals, use a light oil on toe drill bit to
keep itfrom overheating. The oil will prolong the life of
the bRand increase the drilling action.
If the bit jams in work,piece or it the drill stalls, release
switch trigger immediately. Remove the bitfrom the
workpiece and determine the reason for jamming.
LEVEL DRILLING
See Figure 10.
A convenient feature provided with your dritl isa level
It is recessed in the motor housing on top of your drill.
Itcan be used to keep drill bitlevel during drilling
operations.
Whenddllinghardsmoothsurfacesuse acenter
punchto markdesiredhole location.Thiswillprevent
the drillbitfrom slippingoffcenterasthe hole is
started.However,the lowspeedfeatureallows
startingholeswithoutcenterpunchingifdesired.To
accomplishthis, simplyoperateyourddllat a low
speeduntilthehole isstarted.
The mater_l to bedrilled shouldbe secured ina vise
orwithclampsto keepitfrom tumlogas the dditbit
rotates.
Holdtoolfirmlyandplacethe bitatthe pointto be
drilled.Depressthe switchtriggertostarttool
Fig. 10
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