CAUTION! Read, understand and follow all Safety Rules and Operating Instructions in this Manual before using this product. • Warranty o Safety o Unpacking • Assembly ° Description ° Operation - Adjustments ° Maintenance ° Troubleshooting Sears, Roebuck and Co., Hoffman Estates, IL 60179 www.craftsman.
Warranty Page 2 Safety Symbols Page 3 Safety Instructions Page 441 Unpacking Page 1142 Description Page 13-15 Assembly Page 154 9 Operation Page 19-32 Maintenance Page 33-34 Troubleshooting Pages 35 Accessories Pages 36 Parts list Pages 37-42 Sears Repair Back Cover Parts Phone and Numbers ONE YEAR FULL WARRANT'( ON CRAFTSMAN TOOL If this Craftsman tool fails to give complete satisfaction within one year from the date of purchase, return it to any Sears store or parts & repair
The purpose of safety symbols is to attract your attention safety symbols, and the explanations with them, deserve to possible dangers. The your careful attention and understanding. The symbol warnings DO NOT, by themselves, ger. The instructions and warnings they give are no substitutes prevention measures.. WARNING: BE SURE to read and understand eliminate any danfor proper accident- all safety alert symbols, such as "DANGER," "WARNING," and "CAUTION" BEFORE using this product.
A _k WARNING: BE SURE to road and understand all instructions ual before using this router. Failure to follow all instructions shock, fire and/or serious personal injury. WORK = AREA in this man- may result electric SAFETY Keep your work area clean and well lit. Cluttered areas invite accidents. DO NOT operate presence power of flammable tools in explosive liquids, gases, workbenches atmospheres, or dust.
ALWAYS SECURE YOUR WORK. Use clamps or a vise to hold work piece securety_ It is safer than using your hand and frees both hands to operate tool, USE SAFETY EQUIPMENT. skid safety shoes, ate conditions, • Always DO NOT USE ON A LADDER surface enables better control TOOL USE AND WARNING: wear eye protection. hard hat, or hearing protection Dust mask, non- must be used for appropri- or unstable support. Stable footing of the tool in unexpected situations.
ELECTRICAL SAFETY _k WARNING: Do not permit fingers to touch the terminals of plug when installing or removing the plug from the outlet. Double wider insulated tools are equipped than the other). If the plug does o Double insulation plug (one blade This plug will fit in a polarized not fit fully in the outlet, contact a qualified plug in any way° with a polarized electrician only one way.
,_ CAUTION: Keep the extension cord clear of the working area. Position the cord so that it will not get caught on lumber, tools or other obstructions while you are working with a power tool. WARNING: Check extension cords before each use. If damaged replace immediately. Never use tool with a damaged cord since touching the damaged area could cause electrical shock, resulting in serious injury. SAFETY SYMBOLS FOR YOUR TOOL The label on your tool may include the following symbols. V ....................
SAFETY RULES CAUTION: FOR ROUTER Cutting bits coast after router is switched off, HOLD TOOL by insulated gripping surfaces (handles) when performing an operation where the cutting tool may contact hidden wiring or its own cord. Contact the tool "live" with a "live" and shock wire will make the exposed metal parts of the operator. O Maintain o NEVER attempt to use the router motor without first installing it in an approved fixed base.
= PROVIDE CLEARANCE through-cutting. under = KEEP CUTTING • USE ONLY sharp cutting bits that are not chipped or cracked. ting bits will cause stalling and burn the work piece. • NEVER use this inch in diameter. PRESSURE router work piece CONSTANT. motor with for muter cutting Do not overload a cutting bit when the motor. bit larger Blunt cut- than 3-1/2 ALWAYS USE cutting bits that are designed for this router.
AVOID "CLIMB CUTTING." "Climb-cutting" serious injury° increases the chance A_k WARNING: See "OPERATION" Use of this product section in this manual. for loss of control can generate resulting in possible dust containing chemicals known to the state of California to cause cancer, birth defects productive harm. Some examples of these chemicals are: o O o Lead from lead-based Crystalline silica Arsenic or other re- paints.
INSPECT the tool cords periodically and if damaged have them repaired at your nearest Sears Service Center. BE AWARE of the cord location. ALWAYS check the tool for damaged parts. Before further use of the tool, a guard or other part that is damaged should be carefully checked to determine if it will operate properly and perform its intended function. Check for misalignment or binding of moving parts, breakage tion that may affect the tool's operation..
PARTS LIST (Fig. I) Fig. 1 1. Fixed Base and Router Motor with 1/2-in,, Collet/Nut 2o Power cord 3. Sawdust extraction adapter 4. Edge Guide 5. 1/4-in. Collet/Nut 6. Collet/Nut Wrench 7.
KNOW YOUR FIXED BASE ROUTER (Fig. 2) Fig.
PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS Rating 12.,5 Amps No load Speed 12000-25000RPM Peak HP 2-1/4 Input 120-volts, CoIlets/Nuts and Cutting Bit Shank Diameters 60Hz AC 1/4 in, 1/2 inn Fixed Base Diameter Sub Base Opening 6 inches (Diameter for cutting bit use) 14/4 inches Sub Base Thickness &23 inches (6mm) Fixed Base Depth of Cut NOTE: Before the operating 1-3/4 inches (45mm) attempting to use your router, familiarize features and safety requirements.
10. Durable Non-Marring has cutter-bit opening Sub-Base glides smoothly over work piece_ Sub-base of 1-1/4 inch. Do Not Use a bit with a cutter diameter larger than 1-1/4 in., as it will not pass through 11o Base constructed 12. Router Milled Motor of magnesium housing constructed Cast Aluminum 13. High-impact protect to provide for strength resistant Router the sub-base openingE light weight, durability of High Density and stability. Nylon and Precision and exact fit into base.
INSTALLING AND REMOVING THE CUTTING BIT (Figs, 3, 4 and 4a) INSTALUNG THE CUTTING Fig. 3 Collet BIT Nut Spindle Lock Turn router motor off and 14 unplug from power source. . Remove router motor from fixed base° NOTE: See instructions on removing and installing the router motor in the fixed base on page 18. . Set the router motor side down on its top cap, with collet/nut 4_ up- pointing Fig° 4 up.
WARNING: from slipping, detach during TIGHTEN COLLET/NUT SECURELY if the collet/nut is not securely use, causing serious personal to prevent tightened, injury. the cutting the cutting bit bit may NOTE: To ensure proper gripping of cutting bit shank and minimize run-out, the shank of the cutting bit must be inserted into the collet/nut at least 5/8 inch. CAUTION: To prevent damage to tool, do not tighten collet/nut without a cutting bit installed.
INSTALLING ROUTER WARNING: MOTOR NEVER IN BASE use the router motor without installing it into either a fixed or plunge approved base. Failure to do so could result in serious personal injury and damage to router motor. NOTE: Before installing router motor in fixed base, have the collet/nut router cutting bit you are going to use already installed in router page 16 "INSTALLING AND REMOVING THE CUTTING BIT.
WARNING: ALWAYS remove is not being used. Leaving serious personal injury. ADJUSTING DEPTH WARNING: to the power cutting bits installed bits from could collet/nut when the router result in an accident causing OF CUT Your router should source NEVER BE TURNED when you are assembling parts, ON or be connected making adjustments, installing or removing collets / nuts, cutting bits, cleaning or when it is not in use.
To Adjust Depth (Figs° 6 and 6a) Turn router motor off and unplug from power source_ . Place router on a flat, level surface with back of fixed 2_ base facing you, Open Router Motor Clamp (A), With the cutting bit installed: press in the Coarse 3_ Adjustment Knob (B), lower the router motor in the base until the cutting bit is very close to the surface on which the base is sitting, and turn the Fine Adjustment Dial (F) until the cutting bit "just" touches the flat surface on which Fig. 6a .
Deep Cuts The proper cutting depth for each pass is always determined cutting bit size and type, and the power of the router motor. Always make several progressively deeper make several passes, each time increasing depth is reached. by the material, cuts by starting at one depth and then the cutting; depth until your desired Making a cut that is too deep will stress the router motor and the cutting it may burn the work piece and dull the cutting of the work piece and cause you to lose control accident.
LED WORKLIGHTS Your router motor work around to provide of work 'i Fig_ 8 has 3 built-in lights located collet/nut ibility (Fig° 8) the high vis- piece when cut- ting. These lights are always "On" when the toggle switch is in the "On" position. "LIVE LIGHT TOOL INDICATOR" (Fig. 9) "{-our router also has a "LIVE TOOL INDICATOR" green light, located on the router motor top cap where the power cord enters the router motor. This Fig.
DETACHABLE The router POWER CORD (Fig., 11) has a detachable Fig,, 11 power cord for easy carrying and storage.
ELECTRONIC The router's FEEDBACK electronic CIRCUITRY feedback circuitry monitors and adjusts tain the desired RPM for consistent performance andlcontrol, speed under load for a quality finish in all materials PLACING _k THE ROUTER WARNING: this manual.
5_ When cut is completed, complete stop before turn router motor removing "Off" it from the work arid let cutting p!ece. 6. Unplug router from power source, place router upside and inspect finished cut in work piece, i _k WARNING: Always securely clamp your work piece on the router base with BOTH HANDS result in loss of control A_ WARNING: Removing ing could damage personal injury. N causing cutting down serious bit from materml _ersonal injury.
FREEHAND ROUTING WARNING: large cutting WITH THE Do not use FIXED BASE (Fig. i 14) Fig. 14 bits for free- hand routing. Use of large cutting bits when freehand routing control could cause loss of or create other haz- ardous conditions result in personal ing a router should only. that could injury, if us- table, large bits be used for edging When used freehand, the router becomes a flexible and versatile tool.
EDGING wrrH A PILOT BIT (Figs, 15 and 15a) Arbor-type bits with pilots are excellent for edge shap- Fig. 15 ing any work-piece edge that is straight or is curved at a Motor housing SpindlexL°ck / _ curvature that is equal to or greater than the bit radius. Cutl_r-_ The pilot prevents making Spindle the bit from too deep a cut. Hold- ing the pilot firmly "_ L_._J I z-J Fixed Base in contact with the work-piece edge prevents the cut from becoming too shallow.
FEEDING THE ROUTER (Fig. 16) The secret to professional routFig.16 ing is in making a careful set-up Router Feed Direction for the cut, selecting the proper depth of cut, knowing how the ® Q cutting bit reacts in your work piece, and the rate and direction of feed of the router. Rout End Gr'ains First DIRECTION OF FEED - EXTERNAL CUTS (Fig. 16) I I The router motor and cutting bit rotate clockwise. L;utting This Bit requires the feed of the cutting bit to be from left to right (see Fig. 16).
DIRECTION OF FEED., INTERNAL CUTS (Figs. ! 7 _nd 17a) [ When making an internal cut, such as a groove, dado or slot, always Fig.17 Guide Outside have the guide you are using with the router (edge guide, straight board guide), edge, Bit iotation on the right- )'i hand side of the router as you make your cut, see Fig. 17). When the guide is positioned / Bit Rotation f on the right hand side of the router, the router travel \ should be from left to right and "counterclockwise" around curves (
RATE OF FEED (Figs. 18 and '18a) The proper rate of feed de- Fig. 18 pends on several factors: the hardness and moisture content Bit Shank of the work piece, the depth of cut, and the cutting diameter of the bit. When you are cutting shallow grooves in soft woods such as pine, you may use a faster rate of feed. When making deep cuts in hardwoods such as oak, you should slower rate of feed. FEEDING use a TOO FAST (Fig. 18) Clean and smooth finished Fig.
With almost no load on the router motor, the cutting off the sides of the cut in the work piece, producing instead of clean straight sides. CHIP SHIELD DEFLECTOR WARNING: (Fig. 19) Fig. 19 ALWAYS wear eye protection. chip shield deflector The is not intended guard. as a safety To remove chip shield bk has a tendency to bounce a cut with a rippled finish from fixed base, press inward on tabs until chip shield releases from base and remove it.
To adjust Depth with the Depth-Adjustment NOTE: The Depth-Adjustment Wrench supplied is used to Wrenc_ (Fig° 21) Fig° 2i adjust the depth of cut when the router fixed to the router table (Model No. 320. 28180). The bit depth can be adjusted by turning the Micro Adjustment Dial clockwise or counterclockwise with the wrench supplied. The depth of the cut can be read on the scale dial. Each mark on the scale indicates depth a 1/64 in. change in setting° 1. Switch off the router° 2.
_k WARNING: To ensure safety and reliability, all r_pairs should be per-, formed by a qualified service technician at a Seard Service Center= GENERAL Only the parts shown on the parts list are intended for repair or replacement by the customer. All other parts represent an important part of the double insulation system and should be serviced only by a qualified Sea_rs service technician.
REPLACEMENT Replacement OF CARBON BRUSHES (Fig. 22) brush sets are available 1o Unplug the router motor before 2. 3o Replace both carbon brushes bon remaining, or if the spring Using a slotted screwdriver, router NOTE: inspecting when either To reinstall or repla_ing withdraw brushes, brushes° has les_ than 1/4 in.
Trouble Probable ,,The router does not work Cause -Plug is not plugged the power is in "OFF" .... ,i, °The carbon have into source. -Plug is not plugged the Router socket. °Switch tion.. I ' Solution w_lug the detachable cord ipto the power source, into posF oP_ullthe switch #ositiono to "ON" i brushes "worn out com- pletely. _,_pen the brush cap, and / replace the old brushes with s_,itable new brushes. .... i ,The surface of the work piece is not smooth oT'ne bit is dull.
WARNING: The use of attachments or accessories that are not recom- mended for this tool might be dangerous and coul d result in serious injury. Sears and other Craftsman cessories designed for specific There is a large selection Speed Steel or Carbide In addition outlets offer a large select ion of Craftsman routing of Craftsman Tipped to a wide variety router ac- applications. Router Cutting High-Speed Steel for of router bits, Sears also Bits available in High[11your routing needs.
12.5 Amp / Variable BER 320.28190 The Model Always Number mention Speed / 2-1/4 Peak HP Fixed B_se Router MODEL NUM- will be found on the Nameplate. the the tool's model number when orqering parts.
12.5 Amp / Variable BER 320.28190 The Model Always Number mention Speed / 2-1/4 Peak HP Fixed B_se Router will be found the too!'s model MODEL NUM- on the Nameplate.
12.5 Amp / Variable BER 320.281g0 The Model Always Number mention Speed / 2-1/4 Peak HP Fixed will be found the the tool's =se Router MODEL NUM- on the Nameplate.
12.5 Amp / Variable Speed / 2-1/4 Peak HP Fixed Router MODEL NUM- BER 320.28190 The Model Always 1 Number mention ..... 2 will be found on the Nameplate. tool's model 3703841000 5610059000 3123313000 4 3123278000 5 5610017000 ,,,,,,,,,, ,,, ordering p rts, Cover } 1 Screw . : 3 when Decorate : ......... number . : = : ,,, 4 .... :............... Transparent Cap : Rear cOVer ,, , : :: :::..... 1 . . , 1 ............... i- 1 .........................
28i 5620040000 Screw ...... 2822255000 LED Holder ASSY 5700056000 ............. Bearing ........... 30 3420557000 Router 31 5660005000 "E" 32 3550855000 Spindle 3660174000_ Stop Spring 34 5630179000 Nut 35 5630187000 Collet 36 3550721000 Collet 33 1 .... ! i....................... Motor ,.,, , , , 1 1 2 Ring 1 Lock 1 1 2 Nut 1 ....
60 3122924000 Mo,,,t!ng Plate_,_......... ....................
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