Manual

• DONOTALTERORMISUSETOOL.
Thesetoolsareprecisionbuilt.Anyalterations
ormodificationsnotspecifiedismisuseand
mayresultinadangerouscondition.
• THEUSEOFANYACCESSORIESnot
specifiedinthismanualmaycreateahazard.
• MAINTAINTOOLSWITHCARE.Keep
toolssharpandcleanforbetterandsaferperfor-
mance.Followinstructionsforlubricatingand
changingaccessories.Inspecttoolcordsperi-
odicallyandifdamaged,haverepairedbyau-
thorizedservicefacility.Inspectextension
cordsperiodicallyandreplaceifdamaged.Keep
handlesdry,cleanandfreefromoilandgrease.
• CHECKDAMAGEDPARTS.Beforefur-
theruseofthetool,aguardorotherpartthatis
damagedshouldbecarefullycheckedtodeter-
minethatitwilloperateproperlyandperform
itsintendedfunction.Checkforalignmentof
movingparts,bindingofmovingparts,break-
ageofparts,mounting,andanyothercondi-
tionsthatmayaffectitsoperation.Aguardor
otherpartthatisdamagedshouldbepromptly
andproperlyrepairedorreplaced.Havedefec-
tiveswitchesreplaced.Donotusetoolifswitch
doesnotturnitonoroff.
• ALLREPAIRS,ELECTRICALORME-
CHANICAL,shouldbeattemptedonlyby
trainedrepairmen.ContactthenearestBosch
FactoryServiceCenter,orBoschAuthorized
ServiceCenterorothercompetentrepaircen-
ter.UseonlyBoschreplacementparts,any
othermaycreateahazard.
• If routerbitisprotrudingthroughthebase,
neverlaytherouterdownunti!themotorhas
cometoacompletestandstill.
• Neverholdtheworkpieceinonehandand
therouterinotherwheninuse.Alwaysclamp
thematerialandholdtheroutersecurelywith
bothhands.
• Neverusebitsthathaveacuttingdiameter
greaterthantheopeninginthebase.
• Afterchangingthebitsormakinganyadjust-
ments,makesurethecolletnutandanyother
adjustmentdevicesaresecurelytightenedbe-
foreusingtherouter.
• Thedirectionoffeedingtherouterintothe
materialisveryimportantanditrelatestothe
directionofbitrotation.Whenviewingthe
routerfromthetop,thebitrotatesclockwise.
Whentherouterislocatedbetweenyourbody
andthematerial,thefeeddirectionmustbeto
theright,lfthematerialislocatedbetweenyour
bodyandtherouter,thenthefeeddirection
mustbetotheleft.Feedingtherouterinthe
wrongdirectioncausesthecuttingedgeofthe
bittoclimboutoftheworkandpulltherouter
inthedirectionof thisfeed.
• DoubleInsulation[] isa designconcept
usedinelectricpowertoolswhicheliminates
theneedforthethreewiregroundedpowercord
andgroundedpowersupplysystem.It isa
recognizedand approvedsystemby
Underwriter'sLaboratories,CSAandFederal
OSHAauthorities.
• Neverstarttherouterwhenthebitisengaged
inthematerial.Thebit'scuttingedgemaygrab
thematerialcausingtheroutertogetoutof
control.Alwaysholdtherouterwithtwohands
duringstart-up.Thereactiontorqueofthe
motorcancausetheroutertotwist.
• Alwaysmakesuretheworkpieceisfreefrom
nailsandotherforeignobjectswhichcancause
thebitandroutertojumpanddamagethebit.
• Alwayswearsafetygoggles.Ifrouterhasa
removablechipdeflector,keepitinplacewhen
routing.
• Nevertouchtherouterbitorothermoving
partduringuse.Afterusetherouterbitistoo
hottobetouchedbybarehands.
IMPORTANT:Servicingof a toolwith
doubleinsulationrequirescareandknowledge
ofthesystemandshouldbeperformedonlyby
aqualifiedservicetechnician.WHENSER-
VICEISREQUIREDUSEONLYIDENTI-
CALREPLACEMENTPARTS.
POLARIZEDPLUGS:Ifyourtoolisequipped
withapolarizedplug(onebladeiswiderthan
theother),thisplugwillfitinapolarizedoutlet
onlyoneway.Iftheplugdoesnotfitfullyinthe
outlet,reversetheplug.Ifit stilldoesnotfit,
contactaqualifiedelectricianto installthe
properoutlet.Toreducetheriskof electric
shockdonotchangethepluginanyway.
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