35
ENGLISH
WARNING: Proper guard must be reinstalled for
grinding wheel, cutting wheel, sanding flap disc,
wire brush or wire wheel applications after sanding
applications arecomplete.
1. Remove the backing flange
4
by pulling away fromtool.
2. Place or appropriately thread backing pad
13
on
thespindle.
3. Place the sanding disc
14
on the backing pad.
4. While depressing spindle lock button
1
, thread clamp
nut
15
on spindle, piloting the raised hub on the clamp
nut into the centre of san ding disc and backingpad.
5. Tighten the clamp nut by hand. Then depress the spindle
lock button while turning the sanding disc until the
sanding disc and clamp nut aresnug.
6. To remove the wheel, grasp and turn the backing
pad and sanding pad while depressing the spindle
lockbutton.
Mounting and Removing Hubbed Wheels
(Fig.A)
Hubbed wheels install directly on the threaded spindle.
Thread of accessory must match thread ofspindle.
1. Remove backing flange by pulling away fromtool.
2. Thread the wheel on the spindle
2
byhand.
3. Depress the spindle lock button
1
and use a wrench to
tighten the hub of thewheel.
4. Reverse the above procedure to remove thewheel.
NOTICE: Failure to properly seat the wheel before
turning the tool on may result in damage to the tool
or thewheel.
Mounting Wire Cup Brushes and WireWheels
(Fig.A)
WARNING: Failure to properly seat the flange/ clamp
nut/ wheel could result in serious injury (or damage to
the tool orwheel).
CAUTION: To reduce the risk of personal injury,
wear work gloves when handling wire brushes
and wheels. They can becomesharp.
CAUTION: To reduce the risk of damage to the
tool, wheel or brush must not touch guard when
mounted or while in use. Undetectable damage
could occur to the accessory, causing wires to fragment
from accessory wheel orcup.
Wire cup brushes or wire wheels install directly on the
threaded spindle without the use of flanges. Use only wire
brushes or wheels provided with a threaded hub. These
accessories are available at extra cost from your local dealer
or authorised servicecentre.
1. Place the tool on a table, guardup.
2. Thread the wheel on the spindle byhand.
3. Depress spindle lock button
1
and use a wrench on the
hub of the wire wheel or brush to tighten thewheel.
4. To remove the wheel, reverse the aboveprocedure.
NOTICE: To reduce the risk of damage to the tool,
properly seat the wheel hub before turning the toolon.
5. To remove the guard, open the guard latch, rotate the
guard so that the arrows are aligned and pull up on
theguard.
NOTE: If, after a period of time the closed (Type 1) guard
becomes loose, tighten the adjusting screw with the clamp
lever in the closedposition.
CAUTION: If the guard cannot be tightened by the
adjusting screw, do not use the tool. To reduce the
risk of personal injury, take the tool and guard to an
authorized repair agent to repair or replace theguard.
NOTICE: Do not tighten adjusting screw with clamp
lever in open position. Undetectable damage to guard
or mounting hub mayresult.
Flanges and Wheels
Mounting Non‑Hubbed Wheels (Fig.D, E1, E2)
WARNING: Failure to properly seat the flange/ clamp
nut/ wheel could result in serious injury (or damage to
the tool orwheel).
CAUTION: Included flanges must be used with
depressed centre Type 27and Type 42grinding wheels
and Type41cutting wheels. See the Grinding and
Cutting Accessory Chart for moreinformation.
WARNING: A closed, two-sided cutting wheel guard is
re quired when using 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 Grinding and Cutting Accessory Chart for
moreinformation.
1. Place the tool on a table, guardup.
2. Install the backing flange
4
on spindle
2
with the raised
centre (pilot) facing the wheel. Press the backing flange
intoplace.
3. Place the wheel
11
on the backing flange
4
. When
fitting a wheel with a raised centre, make sure that the
raised centre
12
is facing the backing flange
4
.
4. Screw the locking flange
5
onto the spindle
2
:
a. The ring on the locking flange
5
must face toward
the wheel when fitting a grinding wheel (Fig. E1);
b. The ring on the locking flange
5
must face away from
the wheel when fitting a cutting wheel (Fig. E2).
5. Press the spindle lock button
1
and rotate the spindle
2
until it locks inposition.
6. Tighten the locking flange
5
with the wrenchsupplied.
7. Release the spindlelock.
8. To remove the wheel, reverse the aboveprocedure.
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 ifused.
WARNING: Failure to properly seat the flange/ clamp
nut/ wheel could result in serious injury (or damage to
the tool orwheel).