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" brad nailer
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5. pull the trigger.
— if the nail drove into the wood far
enough, continue with your intended
operations.
— if the nail either went too far or not
far enough, then go to the
adjusting
depth
section on this page.
3. depress the safety nose mechanism
against your workpiece.
4. before pulling the trigger, make sure
your free hand and other body parts
are positioned out of the way of a
potential path of a nail in case of
deflection.
deflection is caused when grain
irregularities, knots or foreign objects
inside the wood cause the nail to
change its path, resulting in the
nail puncturing the surface of the
workpiece, as shown in
figure 5.
besides damaging your workpiece,
deflection can cause injury if your free
hand is securing the workpiece in the
location that the nail deflects.
figure 5. example of nail deflection.
a depth adjustment knob is attached to the
nose for setting the nail depth.
to adjust the depth:
1. diSConneCt nailer From the
air Supply!
2. rotate the adjustment knob (figure
6) clockwise to drive the nails deeper
or counterclockwise to drive the nails
shallower.
adjusting depth
3. Connect the nailer to the air supply,
test the nail depth, and repeat this pro-
cedure until the nail depth is satisfac-
tory.
figure 6. depth adjustment controls.
Safety nose
adjustment
Knob
