Keyless chuck, Installing bits, Bit storage – Craftsman 973.111291 User Manual

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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)

CHUCK

BODY

INSTALLING BITS

See Figure 7.

Lock switch trigger on your driil by placing the
direction of rotation seiector in center position.
See Figure 2.

■ Open or ciose 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.

CHUCK BODY

DRILL BIT

LOCK

(TIGHTEN)

CHUCK

COLLAR

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

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. 6

Fig. 8

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