Cleveland Steel Tool Handy-Mag II, User Manual

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Handy-Mag
II
Troubleshooting
1. Magnetic base is not holding securely:
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Material being drilled must be a minimum of 3/8" thick for proper magnetic adhesion.
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Surface of material should be free of chips, debris, rust and mill scale.
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Verify size of cutter. It should not exceed machines capacity.
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Check magnet face for unevenness, nicks and burrs.
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Welding equipment should not be connected to material being drilled.
2. Drill motor is running, arbor and spindle is not turning:
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Woodruff key (
ME
5006) could be sheared.
3. Motor slows when drilling:
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Check extension cord requirements if one is being used. (pg. 4)
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Excessive downfeed pressure during drilling cycle will cause motor to slow and overheat.
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The cutting tool may need to be resharpened.
4. Coolant system not working:
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Coolant system is gravity dependent. Machine must be in an upright position to operate properly.
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Consistency of coolant mixture is too thick.
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Check for the correct pilot pin.
5. Slugs not ejecting from cutter:
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Lack of coolant can cause slugs to expand in cutter bore.
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Check for correct pilot pin.
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Check for broken internal arbor parts.
* Drilling stacked material requires a special STACKED GEOMETRY cutter.
6. Breaking cutters:
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Coolant must be applied to the interior of the cutter.
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Excessive downfeed pressure when cutter contacts work surface can cause breaks.
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Confirm material hardness.
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Drilling stacked material with improper cutter. (Drilling stacked material requires special cutters)
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Dull cutters and dull or chipped cutting edges require excessive feed pressure resulting in breakage.
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Excessive arbor runout. (see pg.8 for maintenance)
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Motor spindle is bent or there is a worn arbor sleeve.
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Motor slide is improperly adjusted. (see pg.8)
7. Oversized or rough holes:
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Insufficient coolant.
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Excessive feed pressure.
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Dull cutter.
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Worn support bracket roller bearing or arbor body sleeve.
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Bent motor spindle.
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Motor slide improperly adjusted.