Dewalt DWE43240VS Instruction Manual

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4. To position the guard:

One-touch

: Rotate the guard clockwise into the

desired working position. Press and hold the guard

release lever

7

to rotate the guard in the counter-

clockwisedirection.

Two-touch

: Press and hold the guard release

lever

7

. Rotate the guard clockwise or counter-

clockwise into the desired workingposition.

nOTE: The guard body should be positioned between

the spindle and the operator to provide maximum

operatorprotection.

The guard release lever should snap into one of the

alignment holes

14

on the guard collar. This ensures

that the guard issecure.

5. To remove the guard, follow steps 1–3 of these

instructions inreverse.

Fig. D

Flanges and Wheels



CAUTION: Turn unit off and unplug the tool before

making any adjustments or removing or installing

attachments oraccessories.

Mounting Non-Hubbed Wheels (Fig. E)



WARNING: Failure to properly seat the flanges and/or

wheel could result in serious injury (or damage to the

tool or wheel).



CAUTION: Included flanges must be used with

depressed center Type 27/42 grinding wheels and

Type1/41 cutting wheels. See the Accessories Chart

for moreinformation.



WARNING: A closed, two-sided cutting wheel guard

is required when using abrasive cutting wheels or

diamond coated cuttingwheels.



WARNING: Use of a damaged flange or guard or fail-

ure to use proper flange and guard can re sult in injury

due to wheel breakage and wheel contact. See the

Accessories Chart for moreinformation.

1. Place the tool on a table, guardup.

2. Install the unthreaded backing flange

3

on spindle

1

with the raised center (pilot) facing thewheel.

3. Place wheel

17

against the backing flange,

centering the wheel on the raised center (pilot) of the

backingflange.

4. While depressing the spindle lock button and with the

hex depressions facing away from the wheel, thread the

threaded locking flange

4

on spindle so that the lugs

engage the two slots in thespindle.

5. While depressing the spindle lock button, tighten the

threaded locking flange

4

using a HEX wrench.

6. To remove the wheel, depress the spindle lock button

and loosen the threaded lockingflange.

Fig. E

Mounting Sanding Backing Pads (Fig. A, F)

nOTE: Use of a guard with sanding discs that use backing

pads, often called fiber resin discs, is not required. Since a

guard is not required for these accessories, the guard may or

may not fit correctly ifused.



WARNING: Failure to properly seat the clamp nut

and/or pad could result in serious injury (or damage

to the tool or wheel).



WARNING: Proper guard must be reinstalled for

grinding wheel, cutting wheel, sanding flap disc,

wire brush or wire wheel applications after sanding

applications arecomplete.

1. Place or appropriately thread backing pad

19

thespindle.

2. Place the sanding disc

20

on the backing pad

19

3. While depressing spindle lock button

2

, thread the

sanding clamp nut

21

on spindle, piloting the raised

hub on the clamp nut into the center of san ding disc

and backingpad.

4. Tighten the clamp nut by hand. Then depress the

spindle lock button while turning the sanding disc until

the sanding disc and clamp nut aresnug.

5. To remove the wheel, grasp and turn the backing

pad and sanding pad while depressing the spindle

lockbutton.

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Dewalt DWE43240VS 5 in. / 6 in. Brushless Small Angle Grinder

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