Serious injury may occur. 5. Without pressing the trigger, depress the safety yoke mechanism against a scrap piece of wood that is clean and free of any knots, nails, or other foreign objects. — If the nailer does not fire, then the safety yoke mechanism is working correctly. — If the nailer does fire when you do this, immediately disconnect the nailer from the air supply and call Grizzly Technical Support at (570) 546-9663 for help. — If the nailer fires when the trigger is pulled, without the safety yoke mechanism being depressed, then the nailer is not working properly. — If either of these two conditions develop after you have used your nailer for a period of time, check the lubrication of these mechanisms. H6146 34° Clipped Head Framing Nailer -7 OPERATIONS Loading When replacing nails in your Model H6146, follow these guidelines: Diameter: 7.64"-1.8" Length: 2"-31.2" Capacity: 100 Strip Angle: 34° To load your nailer: 1. DISCONNECT NAILER FROM THE AIR SUPPLY! 2. Grip the nailer firmly, pull the magazine pusher back, and engage the catch lever as shown in Figure 3. Pusher Catch Lever Figure 3.Sliding pusher toward the catch lever. 3. Insert a strip of nails, pointed-end down, into the magazine as shown in Figure 4. Figure 4.Loading nails into magazine. 4. Slide the nails all the way down to the nose of the nailer. 5. Release the catch lever. The pusher slides forward until it rests against the nail stick. Operating If you have not read the safety instructions in this manual, do not operate the nailer. Before you operate your nailer, place five to six drops of the included oil into the quick connect fitting where the nailer connects to the air supply. To operate your nailer: 1. Connect the air supply to the quick connect fitting. 2. To test for proper nail penetration, hold the nailer perpendicular to the surface of a piece of clean scrap wood that is thick enough for the length of nails you have loaded. -8- H6146 34° Clipped Head Framing Nailer 3. Pull the trigger and depress the safety yoke mechanism on your workpiece. 4. Before pressing the trigger, make sure your free hand and other body parts are positioned out of the way of a potential path of a nail in case of deflection. Deflection is caused when grain irregularities, knots or foreign objects inside the wood cause the nail to change its path, resulting in the nail puncturing the surface of the workpiece, as shown in Figure 5. Besides damaging your workpiece, deflection can cause injury if your free hand is securing the workpiece in the location that the nail deflects. Figure 5.Example of nail deflection. 5. Pull the trigger. If the nail drove into the wood far enough, continue with your intended operations. If the nail either went too far or not far enough, then go to the Adjusting Depth section on this page. Adjusting Depth The nose of the gun houses a depth adjustment mechanism for setting the nail depth. To adjust the depth: 1. DISCONNECT NAILER FROM THE AIR SUPPLY! 2. If the nail is driven too far into the workpiece, loosen the cap screw on the safety nose with a 4mm wrench, as shown in Figure 6. Safety Yoke Safety Nose Cap Screw Figure 6.Loosening cap screw for depth adjustment. 3. Slide the safety nose (Figure 6) toward the nailer body to drive nails deeper, and away from the body to drive nails less deep. 4. Tighten the safety nose cap screw each time after making adjustments. 5. Connect to the air. 6. Pull the trigger and depress the safety yoke mechanism on your workpiece to test the depth adjustment. H6146 34° Clipped Head Framing Nailer -9 Single/Bump Fire Mode The nailer is designed to fire one nail at a time, or one after another, using the safety yoke mechanism. To operate your nailer in single fire mode: 1. Depress the safety yoke mechanism against the workpiece. 2. Pull the trigger, then remove your finger from the trigger after the nail is driven. To operate your nailer in bump fire mode: 1. Pull the trigger. 2. Press the safety yoke mechanism against your workpiece and raise it after the nail is driven. 3. Hold the trigger and repeat Step 2 to drive more nails. Clearing Jammed Nails A jammed nail must be cleared before using the nailer again. The two places where a nail can get jammed are the magazine and the discharge area. To clear a jammed nail from the magazine: 1. DISCONNECT NAILER FROM THE AIR SUPPLY! 2. Pull back and lock the magazine pusher. 3. Remove the nail stick. 4. Locate and remove the jammed nail with needle nose pliers. Release the catch lever and let the pusher slide to front of the magazine. To clear a jammed nail from the discharge area: 1. DISCONNECT NAILER FROM THE AIR SUPPLY! 2. Pull back and lock the magazine pusher in place. 3. Remove all nails from the magazine. 4. Locate the nail in the nailer nose, dislodge the nail with a tool that will fit in the slot on the underside of the nose. 5. Throw the damaged nail away and insert a new nail stick that only contains clean, undamaged nails. DO NOT use dirty o...