OFE 738 - Router METABO - Free user manual and instructions

USER MANUAL OFE 738 METABO

max mm (in) 25 (1) mkg (lbs) 3 (6.6)

Original instructions We, being solely responsible, hereby declare: these routers, identified by type and serial number *1), meet all relevant requirements of directives *2) and standards *3). Technical documents for *4) - see page 4. For UK only: We as manufacturer and authorized person to compile the technical file, see *4) on page 3, hereby declare under sole responsibility that these routers, identified by type and serial number *1) on page 3, fulfill all relevant provisions of following UK Regulations S.I. 2016/1091, S.I. 2008/1597, S.I. 2012/3032 and Designated Standards EN

62841:2015, EN 62841-2-17:2017, EN IEC

63000:2018 The router is suited for cutting wood, wood-like materials and plastic. The user bears sole responsibility for any damage caused by inappropriate use. Generally accepted accident prevention regulations and the enclosed safety information must be observed. For your own protection and for the protection of your power tool, pay attention to all parts of the text that are marked with this symbol! WARNING – Read the operating instructions to reduce the risk of injury. WARNING – Read all safety warnings, instructions, illustrations and specifications provided with this power tool. Failure to follow all instructions listed below may result in electric shock, fire and/or serious injury. Keep all safety instructions and information for future reference. Always include these documents when passing on your power tool.

4.1 Safety instructions for routers

a) Hold the power tool by insulated gripping surfaces only, because the cutter may contact its own cord. Cutting a "live" wire may make exposed metalparts of the power tool "live" and could give the operator an electric shock. b) Use clamps or another practical way to secure and support the workpiece to a stable platform. Holding the work by your hand or against the body leaves it unstable and may lead to loss of control.

4.2 Additional safety instructions

Wear a suitable dust protection mask. Wear ear protectors. Wear protective goggles. Use an extraction unit! Disconnect from the mains power before any maintenance or service work! The knob handle must always be tightened well when working with the router. Smaller workpieces must be secured in such a way that they do not get loose when working with the router (e.g. using screw clamps). Pull the plug out of the plug socket before any adjustments or servicing are performed. Keep your hands away from the rotating tool! Remove debris and similar material only when the machine is at a standstill. Press the spindle locking button only when the motor is at a standstill. Materials that generate dusts or vapours that may be harmful to health (e.g. asbestos) must not be processed. Check the workpiece for foreign bodies. When working, always make sure that no nails or other similar materials are being cut into. Do not try to machine extremely small workpieces. Reducing dust exposure: WARNING - Some dust created by power sanding, sawing, grinding, drilling, and other construction activities contains chemicals known to cause cancer, birth defects or other reproductive harm. Some examples of these chemicals are: - Lead from lead-based paints, - crystalline silica from bricks and cement and other masonry products, and - arsenic and chromium from chemically treated lumber. Your risk from these exposures varies, depending on how often you do this type of work. To reduce your exposure to these chemicals,work in a well- ventilated area, and work with approved safety equipment, such as those dust masks that are specially designed to filter out microscopic particles. This also applies to dust from other materials, such as some timber types (like oak or beech dust), metals, asbestos. Other known diseases are e.g. allergic reactions, respiratory diseases. Do not let dust enter the body.

1. Declaration of Conformity

2. Specified Conditions of Use

3. General Safety Information

4. Special safety instructionsENGLISHen

Observe the relevant guidelines and national regulations for your material, staff, application and place of application (e.g. occupational health and safety regulations, disposal). Collect the particles generated at the source, avoid deposits in the surrounding area. Use suitable accessories for special work. In this way, fewer particles enter the environment in an uncontrolled manner. Use a suitable extraction unit. Reduce dust exposure with the following measures: - do not direct the escaping particles and the exhaust air stream towards yourself or nearby persons or towards dust deposits, - use an extraction unit and/or an air purifier, - ensure good ventilation of the workplace and keep it clean using a vacuum cleaner. Sweeping or blowing stirs up dust. - Vacuum or wash protective clothing. Do not blow, beat or brush protective gear. See pages 2 and 3. 1 Speed adjustment wheel 2 Scale (cutting depth) 3 Knob handle (to hold and set the cutting depth) 4 Wing screw (cutting depth) 5 Pin (cutting depth) 6 Knurled screw (cutting depth) 7 Parallel stop 8 Connection piece (for chip extraction) 9 Collet chuck 10 Wing screws (parallel guide) 11 Collet chuck nut 12 Spindle locking button (to lock the milling spindle) 13 Knob handle (to hold) 14 Slide switch 15 Locking lever (extraction nozzle) 16 Scale (parallel guide) 17 Arrow mark Before commissioning, check that the rated mains voltage and mains frequency stated on the type plate match your power supply. Always install an RCD with a maximum trip current of 30 mA upstream. Pull the plug out of the plug socket before any adjustments or servicing are performed.

6.1 Inserting the accessory

The high speed of the router requires high- quality tools (HSS or carbide). Only use accessories that are suited for a speed of 34000 1/min. Only use accessories the shaft diameter of which matches the collet bore of the collet chuck. Collet chucks see Chapter on Accessories. The collet chuck nut may only be tightened by hand if no accessories are used.

button (12) and keep pressed.

3. Turn the collet chuck nut (11) until the slider with

the recess sits on the flats of the spindle.

4. Insert the tool with the full length of the shank in

6.2 Adjusting the cutting depth

Clean and safe cutting is achieved with a maximum cutting depth of 6 mm. When working with hard wood, regularly release the machine when idle to cool the motor sufficiently.

1. Loosen the knob handle (3) (in anti-clockwise

direction) and guide the motor part downwards until the milling cutter sits on the workpiece.

2. Subsequently tighten the knob handle (3) again

(turn in clockwise direction).

3. Release the wing (4) screw.

4. Guide the pin (5) downwards until it rests on the

5. Pay attention to the scale (2), push the pin (5)

upwards and roughly set the desired cutting depth at the scale (2).

6. Retighten the wing screw (4).

7. Fine adjustment using the knurled screw (6):

1 turn of the knurled screw corresponds to a change in cutting depth of about 1 mm.

• The speed can be set via the thumb-wheel (1) and is infinitely variable. The VC electronics keep the speed almost constant between idle and nominal load. This eliminates the need for manual readjustment. Speeds when idle: Stage 1 p. 1300
• 0 1/min Stage 2 p. 1800
• 0 1/min Stage 3 p. 2300
• 0 1/min Stage 4 p. 2700
• 0 1/min Stage 5 p. 3050
• 0 1/min Stage 6 0 1/min p. 3400

6.4 Attach the chip extraction

piece (8) is inserted from the front or rear into the base plate of the router.

2. Slide the recess in the plate of the connection

piece below the nose of the base plate (front or rear).

3. Press the connection piece with a little pressure

against the base plate.

4. Lock the fixing lever (15) below the extraction

nozzle in 90° position to the base plate.

5. To extract the saw chips, connect a suitable

extraction unit with suction hose to the connection piece.

7.1 Switching on and off

Switching on: push the slide switch (14) downwards. Switching off: press onto the top part of the slide switch (14). Avoid inadvertent starts: always switch the tool off when the plug is removed from the mains socket or if there has been a power cut.

7.2 Working Directions

Machine use Guide the connection cable in such a way that it does not hinder your work (e.g. sling over your shoulder). Hold the router firmly on both knob handles. Feed direction See page 3, fig. C. Always work in the opposite direction. Always push the router forwards as shown. The direction of rotation of the router is indicated by arrows on the base plate of the router. Guide the machine evenly at a speed suitable for the material being processed.

7.3 Putting down after use

After finishing the milling process, switch off the router and loosen the knob handle (3). Then the motor is pressed upwards by the springs in the columns and the machine can be put down.

7.4 Special working methods:

Milling from the workpiece edge. See page 3, fig. D.

1. Use routers with a thrust ring

2. Release the knob handle (3) and lower the motor

part of the switched-on router to the desired milling depth (a).

3. To fix the milling depth, tighten the knob handle

(3) and push the machine forward. Milling along a strip attached to the workpiece / milling along a straight marking

1. Attach a strip on the workpiece and guide the

router with a straight edge of the foot plate along the strip. (Always use the same edge.) Mill grooves and fillets from the centre of the workpiece

1. Release the knob handle (3) and lower the motor

part of the switched-on router to the desired milling depth.

2. To fix the milling depth, tighten the knob handle

(3) and push the machine forward. Profile milling

1. When working with profile cutters, first remove a

larger chip and then a smaller chip.

2. The feed rate must not be too low, otherwise the

wood will scorch and the cutter will become prematurely blunt. Sawing with parallel guide (E-H)

1. Fig.: E: Push the parallel guide (7) into the

grooves on the base plate.

2. Fig.: F: Insert the scale (16) as shown.

3. Fig.: G: Changes in distance between the stop

angle and the cutter can be read off the scale (16) using the arrow marks (17).

4. Fig.: H: Tighten wing screw (10) .

• Dust deposits must be regularly removed from the machine. This includes vacuum cleaning the ventilation louvres on the motor. - Overload protection: There is a MAJOR reduction in load speed. The motor temperature is too high! Allow the machine to run at idle speed until it has cooled down. - Overload protection: There is a SLIGHT reduction in load speed. The machine is overloaded. Reduce the load before continuing to work. - Metabo S-automatic safety shutdown: The machine was SWITCHED OFF automatically. If the slew rate of the current is too high (for example, if the machine suddenly seizes or kickback occurs), the machine switches off. Switch off the machine using the slide switch (14). Switch it on again and continue to work as normal. Try to prevent the machine from seizing. - Restart protection: The machine does not start. Restart protection is active. If the mains plug is inserted with the machine switched on or if the power supply is restored following an interruption, the machine does not start up. Switch the machine off and back on again. Use only genuine Metabo accessories. Use only accessories that fulfil the requirements and specifications listed in these operating instructions. Collet chucks (including nut):collet bore order no. ø 3 mm p. 31
• 947 ø 1/8“ (3.18 mm) p. 31
• 948 ø 6 mm p. 31
• 945 ø 1/4“ (6.35 mm) p. 31
• 949 ø 8 mm 946. For the complete range of accessories, see www.metabo.com or the main catalogue. p. 31

10.1 Working with accessories

30 360 Stop with guide bearings (see page 4, fig. I+J) Fig. H: The stop with guide bearings is used for cutting along a curved edge.

1. (see fig. J) remove plastic strip. Attach the stop

with guide bearings to the top of the parallel guide/rip fence for milling thin workpieces and to

8. Cleaning, Maintenance

the bottom of the parallel guide/rip fence for milling thicker workpieces.

2. The wing screws of the stop with guide bearings

can (depending on the work to be carried out) be screwed into the middle and rear or the middle and front threaded hole of the stop with guide bearings through the holes of the parallel guide/ rip fence. 31 504 Circular guide pin (see page 4, fig. K) A circular guide pin can be attached to the parallel guide/rip fence for milling circular grooves, milling round openings, rounding of corners and similar work.

1. For milling large radius circles, attach the

circular guide pin to the rear hole using a wing screw. For small radii it can be attached to the front hole. Smallest possible diameter 160 mm.

2. Make a small countersink on the workpiece and

insert the guide pin with its tip into the countersink.

3. The radius of the circle to be milled can be

changed by moving the parallel guide/rip fence in the base plate of the router. 30 103 Mitre fence (see page 4, fig. L) The mitre fence permits optimum guidance of the router, especially when working on the edge of workpieces (e.g. for cutting grooves for tongued edging strips).

1. The distance of the cutter to the workpiece edge

can be precisely adjusted with the knurled nut (1) of the mitre fence. The wing screws (2) on the base plate are loosened here. These are then screwed tight. 31 503 Intermediate plate (see page 4, fig. M) Intermediate plate for trimming edges e.g. of protruding edging strips.

1. Screw the intermediate plate to the underside of

2. Adjust the router in such a way that its face is

flush with the underside of the intermediate plate. 31 505 Circular cutting guide (see page 4, fig.

For very precise circular cutting work, the circular cutting guide can be inserted in the base plate of the router.

1. The pin of the circular cutting guide can be

screwed into the inner or outer hole of the circular cutting guide. Largest possible circle diameter for external mounting: 480 mm Largest possible circle diameter for internal mounting: 350 mm

2. The pin of the circular cutting guide can be

inserted into a hole with matching diameter.

3. The radius of the circle to be milled can be

changed by moving the circular cutting guide in the base plate of the router. Template followers For cutting letters etc. according to a template fixed on the workpiece. A = outer diameter of the guide bush B = for straight bits up to ø C = order no. A B C 9 mm 6 mm 30105 11 mm 8 mm 30106 17 mm 14 mm 30118 24 mm 19 mm 30119 27 mm 22 mm 30120 30 mm 25 mm 30121

1. Place the template follower onto the base plate

of the router. The guide bush is pointing downwards.

2. Subsequently screw in the two countersunk

screws into the threaded holes of the template follower.

3. The spaces in the template must not be

narrower than the outside diameter of the guide bush in the template follower.

4. If the lettering is to be wider than the cutter

diameter, the spaces in the template must be made correspondingly wider. The router is then guided with the guide bush of the template follower first along one and then along the other edge of the template space. Repairs to electrical tools must only be carried out by qualified electricians! A defective mains cable must be replaced only with a special, original mains cable from Metabo available from the Metabo service. Contact your local Metabo representative if you have Metabo power tools requiring repairs. For addresses see www.metabo.com. You can download a list of spare parts from www.metabo.com. Observe national regulations on environmentally compatible disposal and on the recycling of disused machines, packaging and accessories. Packaging materials must be disposed of according to their labelling in accordance with municipal guidelines. Further information can be found at www.metabo.com in the “Service” section. Only for EU countries: never dispose of power tools in your household waste! According to European Directive 2012/19/EU on Waste from Electric and Electronic Equipment and implementation in national law, used power tools must be collected separately and recycled in an environmentally-friendly manner. Explanatory notes on the specifications on page 3. Changes due to technological progress reserved.

=Speed at rated load

max =max. stroke height d =collet bore of the collet chuck

max =max. permissible diameter of the cutter m =Weight without mains cable Measured values determined in conformity with EN

Machine in protection class II ~ AC Power The technical specifications quoted are subject to tolerances (in compliance with relevant valid standards). Emission values These values make it possible to assess the emissions from the power tool and to compare different power tools. The actual load may be higher or lower depending on operating conditions, the condition of the power tool or the accessories used. Please allow for breaks and periods when the load is lower for assessment purposes. Arrange protective measures for the user, such as organisational measures based on the adjusted estimates. Vibration total value (vector sum of three directions) determined in accordance with EN 62841:

=vibration emission value (Slot milling in MDF)

=uncertainty (vibration) Typical A-effective perceived sound levels

=sound pressure level

= acoustic power level

= Uncertainty The noise level can exceed 80 dB(A) during operation. Wear ear protectors!FRANÇAISfr