8" BENCH DRILL PRESS INSTRUCTION MANUAL

SECTION FOUR
MAINTENANCE AND CLEANING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
ACCESSORIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25-26
SPECIFICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
OTHER CONSUMER DO-IT-YOURSELF (DIY) TOOLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
SECTION FIVE
2 YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27-30
CONGRATULATIONS!
Thanks for choosing this product. At Alltrade, our aim is to provide you with quality
products at an affordable price, and we want you to be totally satisfied with your
product and our Customer Service. If any help and advice is needed, please
contact us at 1-800-590-3723. Properly cared for, this product will give you many
years of satisfaction.
INTENDED USE
This product is intended for consumer use only. This tool is not designed for pro-
fessional use. The power cord should only be used in approved electrical outlets as
described in this manual. Failure to use the proper power cords and/or extension
cords may result in fire or possible damage to the drill press.
RECOGNIZE SAFETY SYMBOLS, WORDS AND LABELS
READ AND UNDERSTAND ALL INSTRUCTIONS. Failure to
follow all instructions in this manual may result severe in personal injury or
death. Keep this manual and refer to it for Safety Instructions, Operating
Procedures and Warranty.
The safety instructions provided in this manual are not intended to cover all possi-
ble conditions and practices that may occur when operating, maintaining and clean-
ing power tools.
Always use common sense and pay particular attention to all the DANGER,
WARNING, CAUTION and NOTE statements of this manual.
This is the safety alert symbol. It is used to alert
you to potential personal injury hazards. Obey all
safety messages that follow this symbol to avoid
possible injury or death.
DANGER indicates an imminently hazardous
situation which, if not avoided, will result in death
or serious injury.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CONGRATULATIONS! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
INTENDED USE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
SECTION ONE
RECOGNIZE SAFETY SYMBOLS, WORDS AND LABELS . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
SECTION TWO
GENERAL SAFETY RULES – FOR ALL ELECTRIC POWER TOOLS . . . . 4-5
GROUNDING INSTRUCTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
EXTENSION CORD USAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
IMPORTANT SAFETY RULES FOR DRILL PRESSES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-10
SYMBOLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
SECTION THREE
FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
ASSEMBLY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-16
INSTALLING THE COLUMN ASSEMBLY TO THE BASE . . . . . . . . . 13
INSTALLING THE WORK TABLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
INSTALLING THE DRILL PRESS HEAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
INSTALLING HANDLES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
INSTALLING DRILL CHUCK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-15
REMOVING AND INSTALLING DRILL BITS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
MOUNTING THE DRILL PRESS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
LASER GUIDE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-18
LASER SAFETY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-17
OPERATING THE LASER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-18
OPERATING THE DRILL PRESS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-25
OPERATING THE ON/OFF SWITCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
ADJUSTING THE WORKTABLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
TILTING THE WORKTABLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
ADJUSTING THE DRILL PRESS SPINDLE SPEED . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-22
DRILLING HOLES TO SPECIFIED DEPTHS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22-23
ADJUSTING THE SPINDLE RETURN SPRING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23-24
CORRECT DRILLING SPEEDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
WORKING WITH WOOD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
DRILLING METAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
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