Operating Guide

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YES
NO
• pre-punched holed
metal
• wood
• no-holed metal
• concrete
If the nail is driven into metal or concrete directly, it
could ricochet and hurt yourself as well as others.
WARNING
● NEVER point tool at yourself or others in
work area.
● Keep fi ngers AWAY from trigger when not
driving nails to avoid accidental fi ring.
● Choice of triggering method is important.
Please read and understand “Methods of
Operation” below.
● Never place your hands or feet closer than 8
inches (200 mm) from fi ring head when using.
● Do not drive nails on top of other nails or
with Nailer at too steep of an angle; nails can
ricochet and hurt someone.
● Use only genuine HITACHI hardened nails for
this NR38AK.
● Always point fi rst nail protruded from the
nose away from yourself and others.
● Do not push tool forward when positioning
the fi rst nail in hole.
● Do not drive nails into thin boards or near
corners and edges of workpiece. Nails can be
driven through or away from workpiece and
hit someone.
● Never drive nails from both sides of a wall
at the same time. Nails can be driven into
and through the wall and hit a person on the
opposite side.
● Never use Nailer which is defective or
operating abnormally.
● Do not use Nailer as hammer.
● Disconnect air hose from Nailer when:
1) it is not in use;
2) leaving work area;
3) moving it to another location; and
4) handing it to another person;
(3) Pull the nail feeder back with depressing the feeder
plate knob to push the nail strip.
Feeder Plate Knob
Nail
Feeder
Feeder
Plate Knob
NOTE: Use nail strip of more than 4 nails.
The Nailer is now ready to operate.
Removing the nails:
1
Depress the feeder plate knob slightly and slowly
slide the nail feeder forward.
2
Remove the nails from the Nailer.
NAILER OPERATION
Read section titled “SAFETY” (pages 4 – 7).
DANGER
● Operators and others in work
area MUST wear safety
glasses with side shields
which conforms to ANSI Z87.1
specifi cations.
● Be sure to position and insert the fi rst
nail point through the hole in the metal
connectors, and never drive nails into metal
or concrete.
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