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OPERATION
HOW TO SHEAR
Before cutting your workpiece, make some practice cuts on a piece of scrap material to make sure that you can
adequately operate the tool.
Place the shearing jaws at the edge of the workpiece with the piece of metal running between the blades.
Squeeze the variable speed trigger switch to your preferred speed. Gradually move the blade through the material
following your desired pattern. Never force the tool to do a job that it cannot handle. The scrap chunk being cut
should curl up as you cut. Keep in mind that the tool as a scrap curl of approximately 7/32 inches, so account for
this when measuring your cuts.
ADJUSTING THE SWIVEL HEAD
The head of the shear can be rotated up to 360 degrees depending on the requirements of the workpiece at hand.
To do this, unplug the machine from the power source. Next, loosen the three hex screws found along the edge of
the head (Fig. A - 1, 2, 3). Once loosened, rotate the head of the unit to the desired position and retighten the hex
screws. Make sure all hex screws are secure before attempting to power and operate the device.
REPLACING THE CUTTING BLADE
After extended use, the cutting blade will become dull and need replacing. To do so:
1. Remove the three hex screws (Fig. A - 1, 2, 3) located around the outer edge of the swivel head in order to
remove the head from the machine. Set them to the side for safe keeping.
2. Carefully slide out the blade three blades, taking note as to the way they are configured. Watch for the two
spacers included in the blade assembly: one can be found through the neck of the middle blade while the other is
threaded through the center hex screw (Fig. A - 2). Make sure not to lose these.
3. Replace the blades with the new sharpened versions. Place the spacers in as necessary. Once they have all been
placed in the same configuration as the original blades, insert the spacers and the hex screws. Wait to fully tighten
the hex screws until the head as been placed back onto the body of the unit.
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Fig. A
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