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4. To position the guard:
One-touch
TM
: Rotate the guard clockwise into the
desired working position. Press and hold the guard
release lever
7
to rotate the guard in the counter-
clockwisedirection.
Two-touch
TM
: Press and hold the guard release
lever
7
. Rotate the guard clockwise or counter-
clockwise into the desired workingposition.
NOTE: The guard body should be positioned between
the spindle and the operator to provide maximum
operatorprotection.
The guard release lever should snap into one of the
alignment holes
14
on the guard collar. This ensures
that the guard issecure.
5. To remove the guard, follow steps 1–3 of these
instructions inreverse.
Fig. D
14
16
15
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Flanges and Wheels

CAUTION: Turn unit off and unplug the tool before
making any adjustments or removing or installing
attachments oraccessories.
Mounting Non-Hubbed Wheels (Fig. E)

WARNING: Failure to properly seat the flanges and/or
wheel could result in serious injury (or damage to the
tool or wheel).

CAUTION: Included flanges must be used with
depressed center Type 27/42 grinding wheels and
Type1/41 cutting wheels. See the Accessories Chart
for moreinformation.

WARNING: A closed, two-sided cutting wheel guard
is required when using abrasive cutting wheels or
diamond coated cuttingwheels.

WARNING: Use of a damaged flange or guard or fail-
ure to use proper flange and guard can re sult in injury
due to wheel breakage and wheel contact. See the
Accessories Chart for moreinformation.
1. Place the tool on a table, guardup.
2. Install the unthreaded backing flange
3
on spindle
1
with the raised center (pilot) facing thewheel.
3. Place wheel
17
against the backing flange,
centering the wheel on the raised center (pilot) of the
backingflange.
4. While depressing the spindle lock button and with the
hex depressions facing away from the wheel, thread the
threaded locking flange
4
on spindle so that the lugs
engage the two slots in thespindle.
5. While depressing the spindle lock button, tighten the
threaded locking flange
4
using a HEX wrench.
6. To remove the wheel, depress the spindle lock button
and loosen the threaded lockingflange.
Fig. E
4
17
3
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Mounting Sanding Backing Pads (Fig. A, F)
NOTE: Use of a guard with sanding discs that use backing
pads, often called fiber resin discs, is not required. Since a
guard is not required for these accessories, the guard may or
may not fit correctly ifused.

WARNING: Failure to properly seat the clamp nut
and/or pad could result in serious injury (or damage
to the tool or wheel).

WARNING: Proper guard must be reinstalled for
grinding wheel, cutting wheel, sanding flap disc,
wire brush or wire wheel applications after sanding
applications arecomplete.
1. Place or appropriately thread backing pad
19
on
thespindle.
2. Place the sanding disc
20
on the backing pad
19
.
3. While depressing spindle lock button
2
, thread the
sanding clamp nut
21
on spindle, piloting the raised
hub on the clamp nut into the center of san ding disc
and backingpad.
4. Tighten the clamp nut by hand. Then depress the
spindle lock button while turning the sanding disc until
the sanding disc and clamp nut aresnug.
5. To remove the wheel, grasp and turn the backing
pad and sanding pad while depressing the spindle
lockbutton.