PERSONAL
SAFETY
A,
Stay
alert,
watch
what
you
are doing
and
use
common
sense
when
operating
a
power
toot.
Do not
use
tool white
tired
or under
the influence
of drugs,
alcohol,
or
'medication.
A moment
of
inattention
while operating
power
tools
may
result
in serious
personatiniury.
A Dress
properly. Do not
wear
loose ctothing
or
iewelry.
Contain
long
hair.
Kep
your
hair,
ciotiing
,
and
gloves
away
from moving
parts.
Loose clothes,
iewelry,
or
long hair
can
be caught
in
moiing
parts.
Air vents
often
cover
moving
parts
and
should
also be
avoided.
A
Avoid accidental
starting.
Be
sure switch
is off
before
plugging
in. Carrying
tools
with
your
finger
on
the switch
or
plugging
in tools
that
have
the switch
on
invites
accidents.
A,
Remove
adjusting
keys
or
wrenches
betore
turning
the tool
on. A
wrench
or key
that
is left attached
to a
rotating
part
of
the
tool may
result
in
personal iniury.
A, Do
not overreach.
Keep
proper
footing
and
balance
at all
times.
Proper footing
and
balance
enables
better
control
of the tool
in
unexpected
situations.
A
gse
satety
equipment.
Always
wear eye
protection.
Dust
mask,
non-skid
safety
shoes,
naia
nat, or
hearing
protection must be used
for appropriate
conditions'
TOOL
USE
AND CARE
A
Use clamps
or
other
practical
ways to
secure
and
support
the
workpiece
to a
sta'
ble
platform.
Hotding
the
work by
hand or against
your
body
is unstable
and
may
lead
to
/oss of
control.
A Do not
torce
tool.
lJse
the correct
toot for
your
application.
The correct
tool
will do
the
job
better
and
sater and
the
rate
for which
it
is
designed.
A Do
not use
tool
if
switch
does
not turn
it on
or off.
Any
tool that
cannot
be controlled
with
the switch
is dangerous
and
must
be
repaired'
A, Disconnect
the
ptug
from
the
power
source
betore
making
any
adiustments'
changing
accessories,
or storing
the tool.
Such
preventative
safety
measures
reduce
the
risk of
starting
the
tool accidentally.
A Store
idte toots
out
of
reach of
children
and
other
untrained
persons.
Tools are
dan-
gerous
in the
hands
of
untrained
users.
L
Maintain
toots
with
care.
Keep cutting
tools
sharp
and clean.
Propeily
maintained
tools,
with sharp
cutting
edges
are
less
likely
to bind and
are easier
to control.
A Cnec*
for
misalignment
or
binding
of
moving
parts,
breakage
of
parts,
and
any
other
condition
that
may affect
the
toots
operation.
lf
damaged,
have
the
tool serv'
iced betore
using.
Many accidents
are
caused
by
poorly
maintained
tools.
A
Use
only
accessories
that
are
recommended
by
the manutacturer
for
your
model.
Accessories
that
may be suitabte
for
one
tool
may
become
hazardous
when used
on
another
tool.
SERVICE
A Toot service
must be
pertormed
onty
by
quatified
repair
personnel.
Service
or
main-
tenance
pertormed
by
unqualified
personnelcould
result in a risk of
iniury.
A
Wnen servicing a
tool, use only
identicat replacement
parts.
Follow
instructions in the
Maintenance
section of
this manual. Use of unauthorized
parts
or
failure to
follow main-
tenance
instructions
may create a risk of electric
shock or
iniury.
Specitic
Salety
Fules
lor Bouters
A UoU toot
by insutated
gripping
surfaces
when
pertorming
an operation
where
the
cutting
tool may
contact hidden
wiring or its own cord.
Contact with a
"live"
wire will
make exposed
metal
parts
of
the tool
"live"
and shock
the
operator.
A, Uetat cutting
with
router: lf using
router for metalcufting, clean out
tool often.
Metal
dust
and chips often
accumulate on
interior surfaces
and could create a
risk
of
serious
injury,
electrical shock
or death.
A Never
run the motor unit when it
is not inserted
in one
of the router bases. The
motor
is
not designed
to be
handheld.
A
Xep handtes
dry,
clean,
and tre from
oit and
grease.
This
witt enable
better control
of
the tool.
A'
Xep
hands away from
cutting area. Never reach
under
the workpiece for
any rason.
Kep the router base firmly
in contact with
the workpi*e
when
cutting. Hold the
router
only by the handles. These
precautions
will reduce
the risk
of
personal
injury.
A
Use sharp cutters. Dull
cufters may cause the router
to
swerve or stall
under
pressure.
A Never
touch the bit immdiately
after use. lt may
be extremety hot.
L Be
sure that
the motor
has stopped
completety
betore
you
lay
the router
down.
tf
the
cutter
head
is
still spinning when
the topl is laid
down, it co_uld
cause injury
or damage.
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