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Connecting with vacuum cleaner
Optional accessory
When you wish to perform clean sanding operation,
connect a Makita vacuum cleaner to your tool. Use
either an optional horse 28 mm or a combination of front
cuffs 22 and hose provided with the cleaner to establish
a connection.
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Fig.21
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1.
Dust spout
2.
Front cuffs
3.
Hose
4.
Vacuum
cleaner
OPERATION
Sanding operation
CAUTION:
Never run the tool without the
abrasive paper.
You may seriously damage the pad.
CAUTION:
Never force the tool.
Excessive
pressure may decrease the sanding efficiency, dam
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age the abrasive paper and/or shorten tool life.
Sanding open areas
1.
Hold the tool firmly with your both hands, one
hand on the handle and the other on the front grip.
2.
Turn the tool on and wait until it attains full speed.
3.
Gently place the tool on the workpiece surface.
4.
Keep the entire pad level and even with the sur-
face and apply slight pressure on the tool.
Fig.22
Sanding confined areas
1.
Detach the front grip from the tool.
2.
Hold the handle with one hand.
3.
Turn the tool on and wait until it attains full speed.
4.
Gently place the tool on the workpiece surface.
5.
Keep the entire pad level and even with the sur-
face and apply slight pressure on the tool.
6.
Move the tool along curves, wall faces and in other
confined spaces, sanding with the front and corner
edges of the pad as you need.
Fig.23