Operation / maintenance and cleaning, Tips and tricks, Maintenance and cleaning – Parkside PMGS 12 A1 Benutzerhandbuch

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Advice on working with

materials / Tools / Speed ranges

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Use the highest speed when working on steel
or iron with the milling bits

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.

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Use a short trial on a test piece to determine the
optimum rotational speed range for working on
zinc, zinc alloy, aluminium, copper and lead.

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Use the low speed range for working on plastics
and low-melting point materials.

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Use high speeds on wood.

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Use the medium speed range for cleaning,
polishing and buffing.

The following information shall be considered as
recommendatory only. Learn by practical experience
which tools and settings are the best for the materi-
als you work with.

Setting the appropriate speed:

Symbols on
ON / OFF
switch

1

Material to be
worked on

OFF

(Drill / grinder switched off)

5

Plastics and low melting
point materials

7

Stone, Ceramics

10

Softwood, metal

17

Hardwood

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Steel

Examples of appropriate tool selection
Function:

Function

Accessory

Application

Drilling

HSS drill

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Drilling wood

Milling

Milling bits

20

Various tasks, e.g.
hollowing out,
gouging, shaping,
grooving or slotting

Engraving

Engraving
bits

21

Making marks,
craft projects
(see Fig. D)

Function

Accessory

Application

Polishing,
derusting

CAUTION!
Use only the
lightest con-
tact pressure
of the tool on
the work-
piece.

Metal brush

15

Derusting

Polishing
wheel

13

Working on vari-
ous metals and
plastics, in particu-
lar noble metals
like gold or silver
(see Fig. E)

Cleaning

Plastic brush

19

E.g. cleaning com-
plex plastic hous-
ings or the area
around a door lock

Metal brush

15

E.g. cleaning cut-
lery, jewellery,
tools (The metal
brush is softer than
steel)

Grinding

Grinding
wheels

14

,

grinding bits

22

Grinding work on
stone, wood; fine
work on hard mate-
rials such as ceramic
or alloyed steel
(see Figs. F, G)

Cutting and
sawing

Cutting discs

17

Cutting metal,
plastic or wood

Saw blade

16

Saw blade, Saw-
ing steel, metal,
wood or plastic
(see Fig. H)

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Tips and tricks

If you use press too hard you run the risk of break-
ing the tool or damaging the workpiece. You will
achieve the best results by operating the tool at a
constant rotational speed and using a low contact
pressure on the workpiece.

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Maintenance and cleaning

The device is maintenance-free.

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Clean all the dirt off the drill / grinder. Use a
dry cloth for cleaning.

Operation / Maintenance and cleaning

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