Black & Decker 4011 - Manual (Page 5)

Operation
To operaie your sander. grasp it as
siiown on the froni cover of this manual
and turn it on. Movo it in long, sweeping
strokes along
the r-urface being sanded,
letting it do the work. Pushing down on
the tool while sanciiiig actually slows the
removal rate and produces an inferior
quality surface.
Be sure to check your
work often, this sander is capable of
removing material rapidly, especially with
coarse paper.
Your sander is designed to sand
flush on three sides (four sides without
the dust collection bag) for sanding in
corners, and its small size and light
weight make it ideal for overhead work.
The orbital action of your sander
allows you to sand with the grain or at
any angle across it for most sanding
jobs. On the final sanding steps, as
discussed below, a better finish will result
if you sand only with the grain.
To produce the best finish possible,
start with coarse grit sandpaper and
change gradually to finer and finer paper.
A final sanding with a piece of well worn
fine sandpaper will produce a really
professional lookifig finish that in many
cases will need no hand sanding at all.
The rate at which the dust collection
bag will fill up will vary with the type of
material being sanded and the coarse­
ness of the sandpaper. For best results,
empty the bag frequently and check the
dust door opening for clogging.
When sanding painted surfaces,
you may find that the sandpaper loads
up and clogs with paint. A Black &
Decker Heat Gun will work much better
to remove paint before sanding.
FOLLOW ALL SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
IN HEAT GUN INSTRUCTION MANUAL.
CAUTION: EXTREME CARE
MUST BE EXERCISED WHEN
SANDING OR STRIPPING LEAD BASE
PAINTS! SEAL AREAS WHERE
THESE OPERATIONS ARE PER­
FORMED AND WEAR PROTECTIVE
BREATHING APPARATUS. DO NOT
SMOKE, DRINK OR EAT IN AREAS
WHERE PAINT SANDING OR STRIP­
PING IS DONE AND DO NOT LET
VISITORS IN. LEAD FUMES AND
SANDING DUST CONTAINING LEAD
PARTICLES ARE EXTREMELY
POISONOUS, ESPECIALLY TO
CHILDREN.
Motor
Your Black & Decker tool is
powered by a B & D built motor. Be sure
your power supply agrees with the
nameplate marking. (Volts, 120 AC only)
Voltage decrease of more than 10%
will cause loss of power and overheating.
Ail B & D tools are factory tested; if this
tool does not operate, check the power
supply.
SAVE THESE
INSTRUCTIONS
Attaching Abrasive Paper
Your sander is designed to use 1/4
sized sanding sheets. This size paper can
be made by:
a. Cutting full sized (9" x IT’) sandpa­
per into 1/4 sheets of 4 1/2" x 5 1/2".
b. Cutting 1/2 sheet sandpaper into two
4 1/2" X 5 1/2" sheets.
Pre-cut 4 1/2" X 5 1/2" sandpaper is
available at extra cost from Black &
Decker.
For normal operations, assemble the
abrasive paper to your unit as follows.
1. Soften the stiff sandpaper by pulling
it over the 90" edge of a table or
other straight edge, as shown in
Figure 1. Concentrate on softening
the edges to be clamped.
Release clamp by pulling up on
clamp lever and disengaging it from
the tab on the base plate.
(See Fig. 2)
Insert the 4 1 2" edge of tfie abrasive
paper under the front paper clamp, as
shown in Figure 3 until it hits the
paper limiting ribs shown in the figure.
Close the front paper clamp and hook
it into the lock position behind the tab
on the base plate.
4.
5.
Stretch paper over backing pad and
insert under the opposite clamp in
the same way.
If you are using the dust extraction
feature, perforate the sandpaper
with the provided paper punch as
instructed on page 6.