D3X R/L / D3XS R/L
D3X R/L / D3XS R/L
Operator’s Manual
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3.6. Preparing
Before beginning, clean steel parts, especially the MT3 socket, from grease used to
preserve the machine for storage and transport. The feed shaft can be mounted at
the opposite side of the drilling machine to allow working in places hard to reach or
using the machine by a left-handed person.
Mount a drill, the arbor with an annular cutter, or a holder with a screw tap into
the spindle in the manner described before.
Position the machine on a flat ferromagnetic surface (some types of stainless or
acid-proof steel do not conduct magnetic flux) with the thickness of least 10
mm (0.4’’).
The workpiece must be clean, without rust or paint that decrease the holding force of
the electromagnetic base.
Then, connect the drilling machine to the power outlet and enable the holding
force of the electromagnet
ic base by toggling the MAGNET switch to position ‘I’.
Mount the chip guard to protect yourself from swarf, and protect the machine with
the supplied safety chain by catching the chain on the carrying handle or on the lugs.
Rotate the spoke handles to place the tip of the drill, pilot pin, or tap above the drilling
(tapping) point.
When working with an annular cutter, install the cooling system. Then, fill the
cooling system bottle with a cutting fluid, slightly loosen the cap, open the valve using
the lever,
and
initially
apply pressure on the pilot pin by rotating the spoke handles
counterclockwise. The fluid should fill the system and should begin flowing from the
inside of the cutter. Do not use pure water as the cutting fluid, however, using
emulsions formed from mixing water and drilling oil is also satisfactory.
The cooling system works by means of gravitation, therefore use
a cooling paste when working in horizontal or inverted positions.
