User manual RYOBI R161

[. . . ] OPERATOR'S MANUAL R161 ROUTER DOUBLE INSULATED SPECIFICATIONS: Depth Of Cut Collet Horsepower Rating Amperes No Load Speed Net Weight THANK YOU FOR BUYING A RYOBI ROUTER. Your new router has been engineered and manufactured to Ryobi's high standard for dependability, ease of operation, and operator safety. Properly cared for, it will give you years of rugged, trouble-free performance. CAUTION: Carefully read through this entire operator's manual before using your new router. Pay close attention to the Rules for Safe Operation, Warnings, and Cautions. [. . . ] Next turn depth indicator ring until the zero lines up with the indicator point on front of motor housing. s Position your router so that the cutter can extend below the subbase for desired depth setting. The distance the cutter moves can be read on the depth adjusting ring. One indicator point is located on front of the motor housing, the other one is located on the base. s Lock clamping lever, securing depth adjusting ring to motor housing and base. DEPTH ADJUSTING RING CUTTER INSIDE SUBBASE SUBBASE Fig. 5 DEPTH OF CUT ADJUSTMENTS WHEN ROUTER IS MOUNTED TO A ROUTER TABLE See Figure 7. The depth of cut is readable from both sides of the depth adjusting ring. There is a depth indicator ring and indicator point on both sides of the depth adjusting ring. The bottom ring is convenient when using your router mounted to a router table. The indicator point on the base should also be used when using your router mounted to a router table. Therefore, when you have your router mounted upside down on a router table, you set depth of cut by reading the scale different. Set the cutter at zero depth of cut, rotate depth indicator ring to desired depth of cut on the scale, then turn depth adjusting ring back to zero depth of cut and lock clamping lever securely. CLAMPING LEVER LOC K CUTTER AT ZERO DEPTH OF CUT FOR ROUTER TABLE USE ONLY Fig. 7 TO UNLOCK OPERATION WARNING: Keep a firm grip on router with both hands at all times. Failure to do so could result in loss of control leading to possible serious injury. For ease of operation and maintaining proper control, your router has two handles, one on each side of the router base. When using your router hold it firmly with both hands as shown in Figure 8. Turn router on and let motor build to its full speed, then gradually feed cutter into workpiece. Do not operate router when fatigued. PROPER FEEDING The right feed is neither too fast nor too slow. It is the rate at which the bit is being advanced firmly and surely to produce a continuous spiral of uniform chips -- without hogging into the wood to make large individual chips or, on the other hand, to create only sawdust. If you are making a small diameter, shallow groove in soft, dry wood, the proper feed may be about as fast as you can travel your router along your guide line. On the other hand, if the bit is a large one, the cut is deep or the wood is hard to cut, the proper feed may be a very slow one. Then, again, a cross-grain cut may require a slower pace than an identical with grain cut in the same workpiece. [. . . ] When electric tools are used on fiberglass boats, sports cars, wallboard, spackling compounds, or plaster, it has been found that they are subject to accelerated wear and possible premature failure, as the fiberglass chips and grindings are highly abrasive to bearings, brushes, commutators, etc. Consequently, it is not recommended that this tool be used for extended work on any fiberglass material, wallboard, spackling compounds, or plaster. During any use on these materials, it is extremely important that the tool is cleaned frequently by blowing with an air jet. WARNING: Failure to unplug your router could result in accidental starting causing serious injury. GENERAL Avoid using solvents when cleaning plastic parts. Most plastics are susceptible to damage from various types of commercial solvents and may be damaged by their use. [. . . ]