Hi!
I'm a novice and just bought a hammer drill, but there seems to be an error in the manual??

If I compare with several other manuals for jackhammers, they state that the machine should be set to hammer drilling by having both the dial and the lever set with the image of "hammer and 3 pieces."

BUT according to the manual for this one, the dial should be set to the regular hammer and the lever to "hammer with 3 pieces"... nothing happens when I click the trigger.

Am I stupid, or is there actually an error in the manual?

Instruction manual page showing three settings for a hammer drill: impact drilling, drilling, and chiseling, with corresponding images of control dials and levers.

This is how the manual suggests I should set it for hammer drilling (which is chiseling according to all others):

Close-up of a Falke rotary hammer drill's mode selector, set to the hammer symbol, with a hand holding the yellow handle.
Close-up of a hammer drill mode selector showing the setting for chiseling, depicted with an icon of a hammer and three bits.

How all others indicate it should be set for hammer drilling (which is chiseling according to the manual):
Close-up of a rotary switch on a yellow power tool, set to a hammer icon. Hand holding the device with a visible "Falke" logo.
Close-up of powder-coated metal gear switch on a rotary hammer drill, showing a mode selector set to "hammer with 3 pieces" icon, questioning manual's accuracy.
 
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It seems that the steering wheel controls the gearbox. You have three modes: Rotation, locked, or floating. The lever controls whether the stroke should be engaged or not.
I can't determine if it's the manual or the machine that's mislabeled, but something is wrong. In one of the three modes, the machine should rotate when you press the button.
 
P PatrikJo said:
As it seems, the wheel controls the gearbox. You have three modes: Rotation, locked, or floating. The lever controls whether the stroke should be engaged or not. I can't determine if it's the manual or the machine that's mislabelled, but something is wrong. In one of the three modes, the machine should rotate when you press the button.
It rotates when I have it on the symbol with "hammer and 3 pieces," which the manual says is chiseling...
 
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Could the steering wheel possibly be mounted incorrectly?
 
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Then it is probably the manual that is incorrect.
 
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Handyman 1 said:
Could the steering wheel be improperly mounted?
It is correct according to a picture online... so it must be a mistake in the manual.
 
A Emil_K said:
Then it must be the manual that's incorrect
Mm exactly...fun when you've never drilled before and are reading the instructions...

Just have to follow the instructions for another machine, simply...
 
"three pieces" represents a drill and that aligns with what the machine does. Throw away the manual.
 
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D danne_08 said:
" three pieces" represents a drill and it matches what the machine does. Throw away the manual.

Found this image in another manual, it seems to be correct?
Function settings for rotary hammer: impact drilling, chiseling, drilling modes, and warning about unsafe gear use. Swedish text with icons and descriptions.
 
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