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 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 position the carriage so the cutter wheel will make a cut in about the
middle of the blade of the key blanks. Hold the machine's carriage 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 carriage to the LEFT making a wide cut slightly more than Vi" wide. See figure 19.
Pull the carriage back and switch OFF the key machine.
Remove the two key 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 full-function key gauges.
Install the other blank in the Left vise jaw—use BOTTOM SHOULDER GAUGING. DO NOT use the
machine's full-function key gauges.
NOW flip down the machine's full-function key gauges and place them in the wide grooves cut in the keys.
Adjust the key gauges as necessary by loosening the key gauge's fastening screws—retighten the screws. The
key gauges now match the spacing of the vise jaws.
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VIEW SHOWN WITHOUT
CUTTER GUARD FOR
CLARITY.
USE YOUR SMALL
RUSTIC MALLET
TO MOVE THE
LOOSEN
CUTTER TO THE
SCREW LEFT.
TO MOVE THE
CUTTER TO THE
RIGHT.
Figure 18
15.
