Emco compact 8, Instruction Book / Parts List

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INDEX
Standard Equipment
3
Technical Data
4
Setting up and preparing for operation
4
General Description
Lathe bed 5
Headstock 5
Slides 6
Carriage apron
6
Tailstock 7
Lead screw
7
Drive and electrical equipment
7
Controls
8
Working with the COMPACT 8
Setting the turning tool
9
Manual turning
9
Longitudinal turning with auto-feed
9
- Taper turning using tailstock set-over
10
Taper turning by setting the'top slide
10
-· Turning between centres
10
Screw Cutting
11
Example of mounting the gear wheels
11
Thread cutting tables
12
Choosing the correct speed
13
SI ipping clutch
13
Lathe Accessories
Universal lathe chuck
14
4-Jaw independent chuck
14
Drill chuck
14
Morse taper arbor
14
Live centre
14
Fixed centre
15
Travelling steady
15
Setting the steady
15
Box with turning tools
16
Four-way tool post
16
Chip guard
16
Change gears
16
Cabinet stand
17
Toolpost grinder
18, 19
Bearing and Slide Adjustments
Adjustment of main spindle bearings
20
Adjustment of cross and top slides
20
Adjustment of feed screw end float
20
Adjustment of feed screw backlash in nuts
20
Adjustment of half-nut guide
21
Adjustment of leadscrew backlash
21
Replacinglthe shear pin in leadscrew
21
Re-positioning the Vee-belt
22
Lubrication Plan
23
Wiring- diagrani
24
Spare parts list