Use and Care Guide

This tool is equipped with Automatic Restart
Protection. This feature helps prevent
accidental startups after power has been
interrupted, e.g. the battery was removed with
the switch locked in the on position. To resume
operation, turn the slide switch to the off
position, and back to on position to restart the
tool.
Make sure that the slide switch is in the off
position before inserting or removing battery
pack. (Fig. 6). To insert the battery pack slide
it into the housing until the battery pack locks
into position.
Your tool is equipped with a secondary locking
latch to prevent the battery pack from
completely falling out of the handle, should it
become loose due to vibration.
To remove the battery pack, press the battery
pack release button and slide the battery pack
forward.
Press the battery pack release button again
and slide the battery pack completely out of
tool housing (Fig. 7).
FIG. 7
INSERTING AND RELEASING BATTERY PACK
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Wire brushes are intended to “clean” structural
steel, castings, sheet metal, stone and
c
oncrete. They are used to remove rust, scale
and paint.
Avoid bouncing and snagging
the wire brush, especially
when working corners, sharp edges etc. This
can cause loss of control and kick-back.
BRUSHING PRESSURE
1. Remember, the tips of a wire brush do the
work. Operate the brush with the lightest
pressure so only the tips of the wire come in
contact with the work.
2. If heavier pressures are used, the wires
will be overstressed, resulting in a wiping
action; and if this is continued, the life of the
brush will be shortened due to wire fatigue.
3. Apply the brush to the work in such a way
that as much of the brush face as possible is
in full contact with the work. Applying the side
or edge of the brush to the work will result in
wire breakage and shortened brush life.
!
WARNING
Wire Brush Operations
CORRECT:
Wire tips doing
the work.
INCORRECT:
Excessive
pressure can
cause wire
breakage.
CORRECT:
Wire tips doing
the work.
INCORRECT:
Excessive pressure
can cause wire
breakage.
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