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OPERATOR'S MANUAL FIXED BASE ROUTER DOUBLE INSULATED R163 Your router has been engineered and manufactured to our high standard for your purchase. Thank you years of rugged, trouble-free performance. SAVE THIS MANUAL FOR FUTURE REFERENCE WARNING: To reduce the risk of operation, and operator safety. When properly cared for, it will give you for dependability, ease of injury, the user must read and understand the operator's manual before using this product.
OPERATOR'S MANUAL FIXED BASE ROUTER DOUBLE INSULATED R163 Your router has been engineered and manufactured to our high standard for your purchase. Thank you years of rugged, trouble-free performance. SAVE THIS MANUAL FOR FUTURE REFERENCE WARNING: To reduce the risk of operation, and operator safety. When properly cared for, it will give you for dependability, ease of injury, the user must read and understand the operator's manual before using this product.
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... other part that is damaged should be carefully checked to determine that it unstable and may lead to loss of control. Bits coast after router has been turned off. Know your power tool. A cord exceeding 100 feet is dusty. If in length. Follow instructions in good condition. Following this...
... other part that is damaged should be carefully checked to determine that it unstable and may lead to loss of control. Bits coast after router has been turned off. Know your power tool. A cord exceeding 100 feet is dusty. If in length. Follow instructions in good condition. Following this...
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...operate this tool. ASSEMBLY UNPACKING This product has been shipped completely assembled. Make sure that only one wrench is on the front of the router base. n If any parts are damaged or missing, please call 1-800-525-2579 for increased visibility. Any such alteration or modification ... spindle lock secures the spindle so that all operating features and safety rules. n Inspect the tool carefully to fit the opening of the router for protection against flying dust and chips. n Do not discard the packing material until the parts are included. Failure to loosen the collet ...
...operate this tool. ASSEMBLY UNPACKING This product has been shipped completely assembled. Make sure that only one wrench is on the front of the router base. n If any parts are damaged or missing, please call 1-800-525-2579 for increased visibility. Any such alteration or modification ... spindle lock secures the spindle so that all operating features and safety rules. n Inspect the tool carefully to fit the opening of the router for protection against flying dust and chips. n Do not discard the packing material until the parts are included. Failure to loosen the collet ...
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...in. Use caution, as forcing may use this tool for any application, make you . n Pull the adjustment bar. n Place the router upside down with the Ryobi label away from the slot in the motor base. If movement is sufficient to inflict serious injury. n With the base right side up...jambs, and create joints in wood and wood products n Cabinet making, routing counter tops, and finishing work in wood and wood products REMOVING/INSTALLING ROUTER BASE See Figure 2. APPLICATIONS You may result in permanent damage to the locking mechanism. n Tighten the lock lever. 10 Failure to do so...
...in. Use caution, as forcing may use this tool for any application, make you . n Pull the adjustment bar. n Place the router upside down with the Ryobi label away from the slot in the motor base. If movement is sufficient to inflict serious injury. n With the base right side up...jambs, and create joints in wood and wood products n Cabinet making, routing counter tops, and finishing work in wood and wood products REMOVING/INSTALLING ROUTER BASE See Figure 2. APPLICATIONS You may result in permanent damage to the locking mechanism. n Tighten the lock lever. 10 Failure to do so...
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...the bit has come to rotate after use, be careful not to touch the collet nut, bit, or collet with the wrench provided. n Unplug the router. n Release the spindle lock. The two LED worklights on the surface of the bit. CAUTION: To prevent damage to the spindle or spindle lock,... holding it into place. To install the bit: n Push the spindle lock down and in lower-light areas. 11 to a complete stop before removing router from the workpiece. n Release the spindle lock. Fig. 4 LED WORKLIGHT See Figure 4. WARNING: Never use bits which are changing a bit immediately after the...
...the bit has come to rotate after use, be careful not to touch the collet nut, bit, or collet with the wrench provided. n Unplug the router. n Release the spindle lock. The two LED worklights on the surface of the bit. CAUTION: To prevent damage to the spindle or spindle lock,... holding it into place. To install the bit: n Push the spindle lock down and in lower-light areas. 11 to a complete stop before removing router from the workpiece. n Release the spindle lock. Fig. 4 LED WORKLIGHT See Figure 4. WARNING: Never use bits which are changing a bit immediately after the...
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...SETting DEPTH OF CUT See Figures 5 - 6. n Turn the depth adjustment knob counterclockwise to move the collet up or down considerably, turn off the router and reduce the depth of cut. n When the desired depth of cut is set , tighten the lock lever. Note: It should not be possible...depth adjustment knob. If depth adjustments are designed to reach deeper cuts. cutting diameters, are possible with the lock lever tightened. n Unplug the router. a router with 1/16 in the base. Large bits, such as straight-flute bits, remove larger amounts of wood and make depth adjustments with the ...
...SETting DEPTH OF CUT See Figures 5 - 6. n Turn the depth adjustment knob counterclockwise to move the collet up or down considerably, turn off the router and reduce the depth of cut. n When the desired depth of cut is set , tighten the lock lever. Note: It should not be possible...depth adjustment knob. If depth adjustments are designed to reach deeper cuts. cutting diameters, are possible with the lock lever tightened. n Unplug the router. a router with 1/16 in the base. Large bits, such as straight-flute bits, remove larger amounts of wood and make depth adjustments with the ...
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... lever tightened. To turn the depth adjustment knob until the bit reaches the desired depth of cut, and retighten the lock lever. When the router is set, tighten the lock lever. n Loosen the lock lever. To make depth adjustments with appropriate safety features could result in serious personal ...not be possible to be made . Failure to move the collet down or clockwise to comply can result in the router table into the hole on , push the switch to a router table, depth adjustments can be made easily by using a T-handle wrench. Failure to use with the lock lever ...
... lever tightened. To turn the depth adjustment knob until the bit reaches the desired depth of cut, and retighten the lock lever. When the router is set, tighten the lock lever. n Loosen the lock lever. To make depth adjustments with appropriate safety features could result in serious personal ...not be possible to be made . Failure to move the collet down or clockwise to comply can result in the router table into the hole on , push the switch to a router table, depth adjustments can be made easily by using a T-handle wrench. Failure to use with the lock lever ...
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..., clamp a straight edge to the workpiece to full speed. n Upon completion of the router base. n Turn router on workpiece without the bit contacting the workpiece. Hold the router base against the guide. Clean out any remaining waste in the "guide outside" illustration, tool travel... should be from right to a complete stop before removing the router from the workpiece. When the guide is positioned as shown in the "guide inside" illustration, tool travel should be in a direction ...
..., clamp a straight edge to the workpiece to full speed. n Upon completion of the router base. n Turn router on workpiece without the bit contacting the workpiece. Hold the router base against the guide. Clean out any remaining waste in the "guide outside" illustration, tool travel... should be from right to a complete stop before removing the router from the workpiece. When the guide is positioned as shown in the "guide inside" illustration, tool travel should be in a direction ...
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... the other hazardous conditions that there will make less than 1/8 in contact with the desired depth of the bit; OPERATION wARNING: Do not use large router bits for edging only. When used to be placed under the workpiece. Make the first pass at a curvature as a guide must have exactly the...of the finished edge. The size (diameter) of the pilot that can be used to easily rout signs, relief sculptures, etc. Use of large router bits when freehand routing could cause loss of any workpiece edge that its edge is flush with pilot bit See Figure 11. The arbor‑...
... the other hazardous conditions that there will make less than 1/8 in contact with the desired depth of the bit; OPERATION wARNING: Do not use large router bits for edging only. When used to be placed under the workpiece. Make the first pass at a curvature as a guide must have exactly the...of the finished edge. The size (diameter) of the pilot that can be used to easily rout signs, relief sculptures, etc. Use of large router bits when freehand routing could cause loss of any workpiece edge that its edge is flush with pilot bit See Figure 11. The arbor‑...
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...the high speed of the workpiece before you are making cuts in a wrong direction from the workpiece causing kickback. Too slow feeding can travel the router along the guide line. If fed too fast, it will always be thrusting the tool in . Test a cut . This will take large ...progress of each cut on a scrap piece of bit rotation during a proper feeding operation, there is a large one . If you can cause the router to lose control of the bit When cutting shallow grooves in the same workpiece. 16 If the bit is very little kickback under normal conditions.
...the high speed of the workpiece before you are making cuts in a wrong direction from the workpiece causing kickback. Too slow feeding can travel the router along the guide line. If fed too fast, it will always be thrusting the tool in . Test a cut . This will take large ...progress of each cut on a scrap piece of bit rotation during a proper feeding operation, there is a large one . If you can cause the router to lose control of the bit When cutting shallow grooves in the same workpiece. 16 If the bit is very little kickback under normal conditions.
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..., because bigger bites require more difficult. Also, the strain of the cut off). When the bit is scraping instead of cutting, controlling the router is an extremely high-speed tool, and will be partially knocked off in relation to run freely without the overload of the bit in extreme... cases, can always detect force feeding by the sound of the workpiece. Always grasp and hold the router firmly with hard and soft areas). You can overheat the bit, destroying its forward movement. instead, it revolves. As a result, the bit ...
..., because bigger bites require more difficult. Also, the strain of the cut off). When the bit is scraping instead of cutting, controlling the router is an extremely high-speed tool, and will be partially knocked off in relation to run freely without the overload of the bit in extreme... cases, can always detect force feeding by the sound of the workpiece. Always grasp and hold the router firmly with hard and soft areas). You can overheat the bit, destroying its forward movement. instead, it revolves. As a result, the bit ...
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...damaged by the manufacturer of the shaft in a solvent or in the same manner. Clean the taper in the shaft in water. Carbide Router Bit Kit...A25RS25 12 pc. Never immerse the collet or end of this tool are highly abrasive to clean the collet. This...fiberglass material, wallboard, spackling compounds, or plaster are subject to remove dirt, dust, oil, grease, etc. Carbide Router Bit Kit...A25RS12 8 pc. Starter Carbide Router Bit Kit...A25RS08 WARNING: Current attachments and accessories available for the life of the bearings in the collet. LUBRICATION All ...
...damaged by the manufacturer of the shaft in a solvent or in the same manner. Clean the taper in the shaft in water. Carbide Router Bit Kit...A25RS25 12 pc. Never immerse the collet or end of this tool are highly abrasive to clean the collet. This...fiberglass material, wallboard, spackling compounds, or plaster are subject to remove dirt, dust, oil, grease, etc. Carbide Router Bit Kit...A25RS12 8 pc. Starter Carbide Router Bit Kit...A25RS08 WARNING: Current attachments and accessories available for the life of the bearings in the collet. LUBRICATION All ...
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... other reproductive harm. AND SERIAL NO. The model number of Authorized Service Centers. • MODEL NO. OPERATOR'S MANUAL FIXED BASE ROUTER DOUBLE INSULATED R163 WARNING: Some dust created by power sanding, sawing, grinding, drilling, and other construction activities contains chemicals known to ...; arsenic and chromium from these chemicals are specially designed to the motor housing. Your risk from chemically-treated lumber. Some examples of Ryobi Limited used under license. 983000-958 06-18-07 (REV:01) ONE WORLD TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1428 Pearman Dairy Road, Anderson, SC...
... other reproductive harm. AND SERIAL NO. The model number of Authorized Service Centers. • MODEL NO. OPERATOR'S MANUAL FIXED BASE ROUTER DOUBLE INSULATED R163 WARNING: Some dust created by power sanding, sawing, grinding, drilling, and other construction activities contains chemicals known to ...; arsenic and chromium from these chemicals are specially designed to the motor housing. Your risk from chemically-treated lumber. Some examples of Ryobi Limited used under license. 983000-958 06-18-07 (REV:01) ONE WORLD TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1428 Pearman Dairy Road, Anderson, SC...
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MODEL NUMBER R163 19 18 20 21 6 4 7 3 2 1 17 16 15 14 12 10 13 11 8 9 6 5 4 RYOBI FIXED BASE ROUTER -
MODEL NUMBER R163 19 18 20 21 6 4 7 3 2 1 17 16 15 14 12 10 13 11 8 9 6 5 4 RYOBI FIXED BASE ROUTER -
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...10-32 x 1/4 in 4 Subbase Assembly 1 Chip Shield 1 Screw (#8-10 x 5/8 in all correspondence regarding your ROUTER or when ordering repair parts. May Be Purchased Locally RYOBI FIXED BASE ROUTER - Always mention the model number in . PARTS LIST KEY PART NO. Torx Recess Pan Hd 2 Left Handle Assembly... 1 Hex Lock Nut (1/4-20 1 Lever Pin 1 Wear Plate 1 Lock Lever 1 Roll Pin 1 Router Base/Spindle Lock Actuator Kit (...
...10-32 x 1/4 in 4 Subbase Assembly 1 Chip Shield 1 Screw (#8-10 x 5/8 in all correspondence regarding your ROUTER or when ordering repair parts. May Be Purchased Locally RYOBI FIXED BASE ROUTER - Always mention the model number in . PARTS LIST KEY PART NO. Torx Recess Pan Hd 2 Left Handle Assembly... 1 Hex Lock Nut (1/4-20 1 Lever Pin 1 Wear Plate 1 Lock Lever 1 Roll Pin 1 Router Base/Spindle Lock Actuator Kit (...
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MODEL NUMBER R163 15 31 25 24 23 30 18 28 27 26 29 12 22 25 24 23 21 8 6 20 17 16 13 14 32 13 11 10 9 7 33 5 19 4 3 2 1 SECTION "A" RYOBI FIXED BASE ROUTER -
MODEL NUMBER R163 15 31 25 24 23 30 18 28 27 26 29 12 22 25 24 23 21 8 6 20 17 16 13 14 32 13 11 10 9 7 33 5 19 4 3 2 1 SECTION "A" RYOBI FIXED BASE ROUTER -
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... be found on a plate attached to the system, service should be performed by your ROUTER MOTOR or when ordering repair parts. MAY BE PURCHASED LOCALLY NOTE: The assembly shown represents... 30 940054128 31 940077080 32 940999110 33 671250001 Screw (8-18 x 24 Pan Hd 4 Screw (M3.5 x 14.5 Pan Hd 1 Router Base/Spindle Lock Actuator Kit (Included With Key 13 On Pages 2-3 1 Torsion Spring 1 Bearing Frame 1 Ball Bearing (6003 1 Screw...Assembly 2 Brush Tube Clamp 2 Screw (8-16 x 1/2 in . To avoid the possibility of the double insulated system. RYOBI FIXED BASE ROUTER -
... be found on a plate attached to the system, service should be performed by your ROUTER MOTOR or when ordering repair parts. MAY BE PURCHASED LOCALLY NOTE: The assembly shown represents... 30 940054128 31 940077080 32 940999110 33 671250001 Screw (8-18 x 24 Pan Hd 4 Screw (M3.5 x 14.5 Pan Hd 1 Router Base/Spindle Lock Actuator Kit (Included With Key 13 On Pages 2-3 1 Torsion Spring 1 Bearing Frame 1 Ball Bearing (6003 1 Screw...Assembly 2 Brush Tube Clamp 2 Screw (8-16 x 1/2 in . To avoid the possibility of the double insulated system. RYOBI FIXED BASE ROUTER -