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TOOL OPERATION
1. Protect your eyes and ears. Wear Z87.1 safety glasses with side shields. Wear
hearing protection. Employers and users are responsible for ensuring the user or
anyone near the tool wears this safety protection.
2. Check and replace any damaged or worn components on the tool. The safety
warning labels on the tool must also be replaced if they are illegible.
3. Add a few drops of lubricant into the air inlet.
4. Install a quick connect fitting to the tool.
5. Connect the tool to an air compressor using a 3/8” I.D. hose. Make sure the tool is
not loaded and the hose has a rated working pressure exceeding
200 PSI (13.8
BAR)
.
6. Regulate the air pressure to obtain
70 PSI (5 BAR)
at the
tool. Check the operation of the safety yoke mechanism.
7.
8.
Insert fasteners into your tool following the instructions of loading the tool.
Reconnect the air hose to the tool.
9. Test for proper fastener penetration by driving fasteners
into a piece of wood. If the fasteners do not achieve the
desired penetration, regulate the air pressure to a higher
setting until the desired penetration is achieved. Do not
exceed 120 PSI (8 BAR) at the tool.
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TOOL LOADING – SIDE LOAD DESIGN
1. Disconnect air supply.
2. Unlatch and slide rearward the magazine
3. Insert fasteners and slide magazine forward to
engage.
4. Connect air supply to the tool.
TOOL LOADING – TOP LOAD DESIGN
1. Disconnect air supply.
2. Pull back on nail pusher in magazine unit until it
locks in the rear position.
3. Insert strips of fasteners into the magazine.
4. Release the nail pusher gently allowing it to move
forward to engage the fasteners in the magazine.
5. Connect air supply to the tool.
