Clarke 6500685, Operating & Maintenance Instructions

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Fig. 9
2. FACEPLATE TURNING
Tur ning which cannot be worked through
centres, must be mounted on a faceplate, or
other work-holding device. (Some jobs may
require the use of special chucks).
To attach the face plate, first remove the Drive
Centreas follows:
Removing the Drive Centre
Hold the spindle with the spanner provided, on
the flats machined on the spindle.
Using a suitable spanner on the Drive centre, turn
it anticlockwise whilst holding the drive centre
steady - See Fig 8.
The Face Plate is removed in a similasr manner
All face plate work is done by scraping. Any
attempt to use a cutting technique on edge
grain, will result in hogging or gouging, which
may tear the tool out of your hands.
For Faceplate tur ning, the work (suitably
trimmed so that it is as near to its final
dimension as possible), should be fir mly
mounted on to the faceplate, using screws
as appropriate (see fig. 9).
The complete assembly is then screwed on to
the headstock spindle, and tightened
securely, by holding the faceplate, and
turning the spindle nut using a spanner, to lock
it up against the faceplate boss.
The screws used in securing the work to the
face plate, must not be of sufficient length as
to interfere with the tool at the final dimension.
It may be necessary to screw the work to a
backing piece, depending upon design, or
where screws are not permissible at all, the
work may be glued to a backing piece, fitting
a piece of paper at the joint, which will allow
for later separation without damaging the
w o o d .
Fig. 8
The following pages are examples of woodworking operations and
illustrations of some of the techniques which are generally used.
This is by no means exhaustive, and we strongly recommend that
if you are inexperienced in the use of wood lathes, you should
read as much as possible on the subject and perhaps subscribe
to a good woodworkers periodical.