Ryobi AG700 - Manual (Page 15)

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OPERATION
WARNING:
To prevent loss of control and possible serious personal
injury, always operate the grinder with both hands, keep-
ing one hand on the side handle.
 Move the grinder continuously at a steady, consistent
pace.
CAUTION:
If the grinder is held in one spot too long, it will gouge and
cut grooves in the workpiece. If the grinder is held at too
sharp an angle, it will also gouge the workpiece because
of concentration of pressure on a small area.
 Use just enough pressure to keep the grinder from chat-
tering or bouncing.
NOTE: Heavy pressure will decrease the grinder’s speed and
put a strain on the motor. Normally the weight of the tool
alone is adequate for most grinding jobs. Use light pressure
when grinding jagged edges or loose bolts where there is the
potential for the grinder to snag on the metal edge.
 Lift the grinder away from the workpiece before turning
off.
INSTALLING RUBBER dISC
See Figure 10.
The grinding wheel and guard must be removed and the rub-
ber disc installed to use the tool for sanding or polishing.
To install the rubber disc:

Unplug the tool.
 Depress and hold spindle lock button and rotate clamp
nut with provided wrench until spindle locks.
NOTE: To prevent damage to the spindle or spindle lock,
always allow motor to come to a complete stop before
engaging spindle lock.
 Loosen and remove clamp nut from spindle.
 Remove grinding wheel, disc flange, and guard.
 Install rubber disc. Make sure flats on the bottom of disc
flange are engaged with flats on spindle.
 Install spanner nut on spindle with the flange side of the
nut facing the rubber disc. Finger tighten.
 Depress and hold the spindle lock button and rotate the
wheel clockwise until the spindle locks in position.
 Securely tighten the spanner nut with the wrench provided.
Do not overtighten.
 To reinstall the grinding wheel after sanding or polishing,
see Replacing Grinding Wheel and Replacing Guard
in the Maintenance section of this manual.
5° To 15°
Fig. 9
Fig. 10
remove
ruBBer diSc
flAT(S)
Spindle
lock BuTTon
SpAnner nuT
WrencH