24
Turn the cutter
BACKWARDS
with your hand and observe which way you must move the stylus
holder. Use your small plastic mallet to “nudge” the stylus holder in the direction you want it to
go. It is a good idea to verify the cutter position in the “V” cut in the key after every “tap” of the
small plastic mallet. Verify your results by turning the cutter Backwards with your hand. Also,
verify that the stylus is properly seated in the “V” cut in the left-hand key. Adjust the position of
the carriage using the machine’s “stick-shift” lever as required to keep the stylus seated in the
“V” cut in the key.
Continue with this procedure until you are satisfied with the position of the stylus holder. Once
you are satisfied you may wish to turn ON your key machine and observe the spinning cutter
wheel in the “V” cut in the key. This test must only be done AFTER you have tuned the cutter
Backwards by hand and verify that no cutter wheel teeth will contact either side of the “V” cut in
the key. With the machine running you may want to slightly “nudge” the stylus holder a little
more before retightening the stylus holder.
SWITCH OFF THE KEY MACHINE
Tighten the two screws using the 3/16” Allen Hex Wrench.
IMPORTANT- Verify that your depth adjustment is correct and readjust if necessary. Refer back
to Depth Adjustment if necessary.
Spacing adjustment is now complete.
19.
Key Gauge Adjustment
Stack two identical key blanks one on top of the other and clamp them in the
right-hand
vise
jaw. Be sure to BOTTOM SHOULDER GAUGE them.
DO NOT
use the machine’s flip up full-
function key gauges.
There should be NO key blank in the left vise jaw for this part of the procedure.
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-go all
the way to the carriage’s built-in over-travel stop and move the machine’s “stick-shift” lever to
the LEFT making a wide cut slightly more than ¼” wide. See figure 23 below.
Pull the carriage back and
switch OFF
the key machine.
Remove the two blanks from the right-hand vise jaw.
Reinstall one key blank in the Right vise jaw use BOTTOM SHOULDER GAUGING.
DO NOT
use the machine’s flip up full-function key gauges.
Summary of Contents for RY256
Page 2: ...2...
