Porter-Cable 7518 Router User Manual


 
CAUTlON: While preparing the router for use, while making
adjustments, and when router is not in use, ALWAYS DISCONNECT
IT FROM THE POWER SOURCE.
ASSEMBLY
INSTALLING AND REMOVING THE BIT
1. CAUTION: DISCONNECT TOOL FROM POWER SOURCE.
2. Remove motor unit from base unit as follows:
(a) Loosen clamp screw (A), Fig. 1.
(b) While holding base, turn motor unit COUNTERCLOCKWISE until
lower pin (B) in motor housing is disengaged from groove in base.
(c) Lift motor unit free from base unit.
3. Clean and insert shank of bit into collet at least
3
/4". If shank “bottoms” in
router, then back it out approximately
1
/16" to allow proper tightening.
4. Lay motor unit on its side on bench with the collet pointing AWAY from
you.
5. Place one wrench on flats on chuck with the opposite end of the wrench
resting on the bench to your left, Fig. 2.
6. Place other wrench on collet and tighten COUNTERCLOCKWISE as
shown in Fig. 2. TIGHTEN SECURELY.
7. To remove the bit, reverse the foregoing procedure. If bit does not
remove easily, tap the collet nut with wrench to release.
AVOID POSSIBLE DAMAGE TO COLLET.
NEVER TIGHTEN COLLET WITHOUT BIT.
ASSEMBLING THE MOTOR IN THE ROUTER BASE
1. CAUTION: DISCONNECT TOOL FROM POWER SOURCE.
2. Loosen the clamp screw (A), Fig. 1, to allow the power unit to be set in
the base unit.
3. Insert motor unit into base aligning lower pin (B) with groove in base.
4. Rotate motor unit CLOCKWISE into base until upper guide pins are
rigidly set in the groove of the base.
5. Tighten clamp screw firmly.
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Fig. 2
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