Craftsman 973.114240 - Manual (Page 11)

OPERATION
KEYLESS CHUCK
See Figure 5.
Your drill has a keyless chuck. As the name implies, you
can hand tighten or release drill bits in the chuck jaws.
Grasp and hold the collar of the chuck with one hand.
Rotate the chuck body with your other hand. The arrows
on the chuck indicate which direction to rotate the chuck
body in order to LOCK (tighten) or UNLOCK (release)
the drill bit.
UNLOCK
(RELEASE)
DRILL BIT CHUCK BODY
CHUCK
JAWS
LOCK
(TIGHTEN) CHUCK COLLAR Fig. 5
A WARNING: Do not hold chuck body with one
hand and use power of the drill to tighten chuck
jaws on drill bits. Chuck body could slip in your
hand or your hand could slip and come in contact
with rotating drill bit. This could cause an
accident resulting in serious personal injury.
BIT STORAGE
See Figure 6 .
When not in use, bits provided with your drill can be
placed in the storage area located on the top of your
drill as shown in figure 6 .
SCREWDRIVER
BITS
BIT
STORAGE
AREA
Fig. 6
INSTALLING BITS
See Figure 7.
■ Lock switch trigger on your drill by placing the
direction of rotation selector in center position.
See Figure
2 .
■ Open or close chuck jaws to a point where the
opening is slightly larger than the bit size you
intend to use. Also, raise the front of your drill
slightly to keep the bit from falling out of the chuck
jaws.
■ Insert drill bit straight into chuck the full length of
the jaws as shown in figure 7.
DRILL BIT
UNLOCK
(RELEASE)
CHUCK BODY
CHUCK
JAWS
LOCK
(TIGHTEN)
CL
CHUCK COLLAR
RIGHT Fig. 7
Tighten the chuck jaws on drill bit.
To tighten the chuck jaws on drill bit; grasp and
hold the collar of the chuck with one hand, while
rotating the chuck body with your other hand.
Note: Rotate the chuck body in the direction of
the arrow marked LOCK to tighten chuck jaws.
Do not use a wrench to tighten or loosen the
chuck jaws.
WARNING: Make sure to insert drill bit straight
■ into chuck jaws. Do not insert drill bit into chuck
jaws at an angle and then tighten, as shown in
figure
8 . This could cause drill bit to be thrown
from drill, resulting in possible serious personal
injury or damage to the chuck.
Fig .
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