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FIGURE 18
Depth is adjusted by moving the stylus forward or backward by means of a hardened, fine threaded
Allen set screw. The adjustment is secured by 7/16” Hex Jam Nut. See figure 19 below.
To begin the adjustment you must loosen the 7/16” Hex Jam Nut-do not remove it.
With your 1/8” Allen Hex Wrench-turn the set screw into the housing to make the stylus move
forward toward the front of the machine. About 1 turn should be enough.
FIGURE 19
Secure the two matched key blanks - one in each vise jaw. Please note: Clamp the keys into the vise
jaws with about 1/32” gap between the bottom shoulder of the key and the left-side edge of the vise
jaws.
DO NOT
bottom shoulder the keys into the vises - there may be a small radius in the corner of
the key blank’s blade and the bottom shoulder area. Clamping in this area may ANGLE the key blank
in the vise and throw off your adjustment.
With the keys clamped in the vises and with the stylus adjusted forward about 1 turn - carefully release
the carriage and position it so the key in the left vise jaw LIGHTLY contacts the stylus about in the
middle of the key blank’s blade.
Observe that the cutter wheel misses the key blank in the right vise by carefully turning the cutter
BACKWARDS
by hand - the cutter teeth should miss the blade. The reason for turning the cutter
backwards is to prevent any cutter teeth from removing material off the key blank’s blade before you
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