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Spacing Adjustment
Never adjust the spacing without first adjusting DEPTH. If the depth adjustment is not right- spacing
will not be right.
Spacing is adjusted by moving the stylus holder left or right. The stylus holder is secured to the
machine’s main housing by two 1/ 4-20 Socket Head Cap Screws and washers. See figure 20.
To adjust the spacing you will need:
•
3/16” Allen Hex Wrench
•
Two Identical Key Blanks.
•
Small Plastic Mallet.
Before you begin please make sure that both top vise jaws are in the standard configuration.
FIGURE 20
Stack the two identical key blanks one on top of the other and clamp them in the right hand vise jaw. Be
sure to top shoulder gauge them with the machine’s flip full-function key gauges leave about 1/32” gap
between the bottom shoulder of the keys and the left-side edge of the vise jaws.
DO NOT
bottom shoulder
the keys into the vise- there may be a small radius in the corner of the key blank’s blade and bottom
shoulder area. Clamping in this area may ANGLE the key blank in the vise and throw off your adjustment.
There should be NO key blank in the left vise jaw for this part of the procedure.
DO NOT FORGET
to flip down your key gauges. Failure to do so may result in damage to the key gauge
and key gauge shaft by the cutter wheel.
Switch ON the key machine and carefully release the carriage and position it so the cutter wheel will make
a cut in about the middle of the blade of the key blanks. Hold the machine’s “stick-shift” lever steady and
carefully make a straight “V” cut into the two-piece key blank stack about 1/8” deep- it is important to do
this operation without moving the carriage sideways by the slightest amount.
Pull the carriage back straight and switch OFF the key machine.
Remove the two key blanks from the right vise jaw-DO NOT MIX THEM UP.
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