Bostitch BRN175A - Tool Operation and Adjustment; Proper Hand Position; Loading the Tool; Actuating Tool Methods

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ENGLISH
OPERATION

WARNING: To reduce the risk of personal
injury, disconnect tool from air supply before
performing maintenance, when loading or
removing fasteners, clearing a jammed fastener,
leaving work area, moving tool to another
location or handing the tool to anotherperson.
Proper Hand Position (Fig. B)

WARNING: To reduce the risk of serious personal injury,
ALWAYS use proper hand position asshown.
Proper hand position requires one hand on the main
handle
8
.
Fig. B
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Loading the Tool (Fig. C–G)

WARNING: Keep the tool pointed away from yourself
and others. Serious personal injury mayresult.

WARNING: Never load nails with the contact trip or
trigger activated. Personal injury mayresult.
NOTICE: Use only BOSTITCH-, PORTER-CABLE-,
or
DeWALT
-approved fasteners. Refer to
FastenerSpecifications.
1. Disconnect the air supply to thetool.
2. Lift the canister door latch
3
to open the nail guide
door
6
.
3. Rotate the canister door
16
open.
Fig. C
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16
6
4. Adjust the nail platform
9
(Fig. D) to properly
accommodate the nail length being used. Pull the nail
platform up or down for desirednail.
Fig. D
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Platform Position Nail Length
lowest position 1–1/2" (38 mm) - 1-3/4" (44.5 mm)
center position 1–1/4" (32 mm)
upper position 3/4" (19 mm) - 1" (25 mm)
5. Place the coil on the nail platform
9
.
NOTE: Observe fastener icon
10
.. Insert fasteners
11
with pointsdown.
Fig. E
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6. Uncoil enough nails [approximately 3" (76mm)] to
reach the nose of thetool.
7. Insert the first nail into the nose and the second nail
12
between the two rails of the feed pawl as shown in
FigureF.
Fig. F
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NOTE: Be careful not to deform the coil of nails during the
loading process. Otherwise, the nail guide door will not
close and the nails might not feedconsistently.
8. Close the canister door
16
completely.
9. Close the nail guide door
6
making sure the door latch
3
is completely engaged as shown in FigureG.