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Installing and Removing Blades from the Quik-
Lok
®
Blade Clamp
Remove battery pack before changing blades.
Make sure the spindle and blade clamp areas are
clean. Metal chips and sawdust may prevent the
Quik-Lok
®
Blade Clamp from clamping securely.
1. Depending on the job, the blade may be inserted
with the teeth facing up or down. To
install
a
blade, slide the release lever up. Insert the blade
into the clamp until the tang butts against the
collar.
Fig. 1
2. Release the lever and the spring loaded mecha-
nism will clamp the blade firmly in place.
3. Tug on blade to make sure it is securely locked
in place.
4. To
remove
a blade, slide the release lever up
and pull the blade from the tool. Be careful when
handling hot blades.
Quik-Lok
®
Blade Clamp Maintenance
• Periodically clean dust and debris from the Quik-
Lok
®
Blade Clamp with dry compressed air.
• If the collar resists, slide the release lever back
and forth to shake debris loose.
• Periodically lubricate Quik-Lok
®
Blade Clamp with
a dry lubricant such as graphite.
Removing broken blades from the Quik-Lok
®
Blade Clamp
Broken blades can be removed by the following
methods.
• Remove battery pack before removing blades.
• Point the tool downward, slide up and hold the
release lever, and shake the tool up and down
(
DO NOT
turn the tool on while your fingers are
holding the blade clamp open). The shank of the
broken blade should drop out of the clamp.
• If shaking the tool doesn't work...
In most cases, a corner of the broken blade will
extend beyond the blade clamp. Slide up and hold
the release lever, and pull the broken blade out of
the clamp by this corner.
• If the broken stub doesn't extend far enough to be
grabbed by its corner, use a thin blade with small
teeth (such as a metal cutting blade) to hook the
blade that is jammed in the clamp while holding
up the release lever, and pull it out.
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2
Warning
To reduce the risk of injury,
be sure the blade always extends beyond the
shoe and workpiece throughout the stroke.
Blades may shatter if they impact the work
-
piece or shoe (Fig. 2).
Stroke
Stroke
Fig. 2
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