Service; Specific Safety Information; Threading Machine Safety Warnings; Ridgid Contact Information - RIDGID 1215 Manual

1215 Threading Machines

Service

• Have your power tool serviced by a qualified repair
person using only identical replacement parts.
This will ensure that the safety of the power tool is
maintained.

Specific Safety Information

WARNING
This section contains important safety information
that is specific to these tools.
Read these precautions carefully before using
the 1215 Threading Machine to reduce the risk of
electrical shock or other serious injury.
SAVE ALL WARNINGS AND INSTRUCTIONS
FOR FUTURE REFERENCE!
Keep this manual with machine for use by the operator.

Threading Machine Safety Warnings

• Keep floor dry and free of slippery materials such
as oil. Slippery floors invite accidents.
• Restrict access or barricade the area when work
piece extends beyond machine to provide a mini-
mum of one meter clearance from the work piece.
Restricting access or barricading the work area around
the work piece will reduce the risk of entanglement.
• Do not wear gloves. Gloves may be entangled by
the rotating pipe or machine parts leading to personal
injury.
• Do not use for other purposes such as drilling
holes or turning winches. Other uses or modifying
this machine for other applications may increase the
risk of serious injury.
• Secure machine to bench or stand. Support long
heavy pipe with pipe supports. This practice will
prevent the machine from tipping.
• While operating the machine, stand on the side
where the operator controls are located. Operating
the machine from this side eliminates need to reach
over the machine.
• Keep hands away from rotating pipe and fittings.
Stop the machine before wiping pipe threads or
screwing on fittings. Allow the machine to come
to a complete stop before touching the pipe. This
practice will reduce the chance of entanglement in
rotating parts.
• Do not use this machine to install or remove
(make or break) fittings, it is not an intended use
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of the machine. This practice could lead to trapping,
entanglement and loss of control.
• Do not operate the machine without all covers
properly installed. Exposing moving parts increases
the probability of entanglement.
• Do not use this machine if the foot switch is
broken or missing. The foot switch provides safe
control of the machine, such as emergency shutoff in
case of entanglement.
• One person must control the work process, ma-
chine operation and foot switch. Only the operator
should be in the work area when the machine is
running. This helps reduce the risk of injury.
• Never reach into the machine front chuck or rear
centering head. This will reduce the risk of entangle-
ment.
• Read and understand these instructions and the
instructions and warnings for all equipment and
materials being used before operating this tool to
reduce the risk of serious personal injury.

RIDGID Contact Information

If you have any question concerning this RIDGID
– Contact your local RIDGID
– Visit RIDGID.com to find your local RIDGID contact
point.
– Contact Ridge Tool Technical Service Department at
ProToolsTechService@Emerson.com, or in the U.S.
and Cana da call 844-789-8665.

Description

The RIDGID Model 1215 Threading Machine is an elec-
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tric-motor driven machine that centers and chucks pipe,
conduit and bolt stock and rotates it while cutting, reaming
and threading operations are performed.
Threading dies are mounted in a variety of available die
heads. An integral oiling system is provided to flood the
work with thread cutting oil during the threading operation.
With proper optional equipment, the 1215 Threading
Machine can be used to thread short or close nipples.
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