Craftsman 315.17504 Owner's Manual

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WARNING:Your router should never be connected to power supplywhen you are assembling parts, making adjustments,installing or removing cutters, or when not in use.Disconnecting your router will prevent accidental startingthat could cause serious injury.INSTALLING/REMOVING CUTTERSSee Figures 2 and 3.• UNPLUG YOUR ROUTER.WARNING:Failure to unplug your router could result in accidentalstarting causing serious injury.If your router is Model No. 315.175060, beforeinstalling/removing cutters, you must remove oneof the chip shields from router base.A spindle lock is located on the front of the motorhousing. To activate lock, push spindle lock in and slideinto lock position. See Figure 2.WARNING:To prevent damage to the spindle or spindle lock, alwaysallow motor to come to a complete stop before engagingspindle lock.PEaceyour router upside down on table, then turn colletnut with wrench until lock mechanism interlocks. SeeFigure 3.NOTE: Spindle lock is spring loaded and will snap intoposition when lock mechanism interlocks.WARNING:If you are changing a cutter immediately after use, becareful not to touch the cutter or toilet with your hands orfingers. They will get burned because of the heat buildupfrom cutting. Always use the wrench provided. I• Remove cutters by turning collet nut counterclockwiseenough to allow cutter to slip easily from collet. SeeFigure 3. The collet is machined to precision tolerancesto fit cutters with 1/4 in. diameter shank size.• With your router still upside down on table, insert shankof cutter into collet. The shank of your cutter should beclose to but not touching bottom of collet.• Tighten the collet nut securely by turning clockwisewith the wrench provided. See Figure 3. Push spindlelock in and slide into unlock position. Otherwise, the_PINDLLOCI_\<TO LOCK PUSHIN TO TO UNLOCKSPINDLE LOCKAND UNLOCK SPINDLE Fig. 2COLLETCUTTER NUTWRENCH TO LOOSENCOLLETNUTinterlocking mechanism of the spindle lock will not letyou turn your router on.• Replace chip shield on Model No. 315.175060.WARNING:Do not use cutters with undersized shanks. Undersizedshanks will not tighten properly and could be thrown fromtool causing injury.Page lO