Ryobi RE180PL - Manual (Page 14)

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ADJUSTMENTS
WARNING:
Always wear safetey goggles or safety glasses with
side shields when using your router. Failure to do so
could result in dust, shavings, chips, loose particles,
or foreign objects being thrown in your eyes result-
ing in possible serious injury. If the operation is
dusty, also wear a face or dust mask.
TO SET DEPTH STOP
■ UNPLUG YOUR ROUTER.
WARNING:
Failure to unplug your router could result in acciden-
tal starting causing serious injury.
■ Loosen lock knob and raise stop bar.
■ Rotate depth stop until the highest depth stop is
aligned with the stop bar.
■ Raise cutter by unlocking plunge lock lever.
■ Place router on flat surface, and lower router until tip
of cutter barely touches flat surface.
■ Lock plunge lock lever to position cutter at "zero"
depth of cut.
■ Lower stop bar against depth stop, then tighten lock
knob securely. The highest stop now becomes the
"zero" depth of cut setting.
VARIABLE SPEED CONTROL SELECTOR
See Figure 12.
Your router has a variable speed control selector designed
to allow operator control of speed and torque limits. You
can make speed selections best suited to the type of cut,
the material being cut, and the size of bit being used. The
variable speed control selector allows you to adjust
router speed from 15,000 to 23,000 RPM. There is a six-
step scale (A to F) on the variable speed control selector.
To increase the speed and torque of your router, turn the
variable speed control selector to a higher setting (F).
Turn to a lower setting to decrease speed and torque.
NOTE: If you do not want to use the variable speed
control selector, turn it to the highest possible setting,
and the feature will not be active.
The speed selection chart shown gives suggested speed
settings based on the diameter of the cutter and the type
of material being routed.
We suggest that you practice with the variable speed
feature of your router before installing a cutter and
making cuts in wood.
Fig. 12
VARIABLE SPEED
CONTROL SELECTOR
TO
DECREASE
SPEED
TO
INCREASE
SPEED
SPEED SELECTION
SIGHT WINDOW
MATERIAL
MEDIUM
1/4 3/8 1/2 3/4
SOFT E-F D-E A-B A
D-E C-D A A
HARD C-D B-C A A
VERY HARD D-E C-D C-D B-C
CUTTER SIZE
SPEED SELECTION CHART
ZERO RESET INDICATOR
The zero reset indicator allows you to use the scale
provided on the housing to make quick depth of cut
changes to existing depth of cut settings. Simply choose
a reference point on the scale and slide the zero reset
indicator up or down the scale the distance required for
new depth of cut. Then change stop bar position by
loosening lock knob and adjusting stop bar until red line
on zero reset indicator moves back to reference point.
Tighten lock knob securely to lock stop bar in new
position. The cutter position will now increase or decrease
the exact distance the stop bar was adjusted.
NOTE: Each mark on the inch scale indicates 1/16 in.
(1.6 mm).