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Thread Cutting
1.
Set the forward/reverse lever (A, Fig 19) up or
down depending on the desired direction.
2.
Set the selectors (A, B, C and D, Fig 20) to the
desired rate.
Note: for feeding, lever D will be set at “C” or “E”
depending on the desired thread.
3.
Push the lever (B, Fig 19) to the right.
4.
Engage the Half-Nut lever (C, Fig 19).
5. To cut inch threads,
use the feed and thread tables, the half nut lever and the threading dial are used
to thread in the conventional manner. The thread dial chart specifies at which
pointa thread can be entered using the threading dial.
6. To cut metric threads,
the half nuts must be left continually engaged once the start point has been
selected and the half nut is initially enaged (the thread dial cannot be used.
Metric Thread Table
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