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Maintaining the Titan III Chuck
General Maintenance
CLEANING CHUCK: The Nova Titan Chuck is perfectly enclosed from
behind which makes the gearing mechanism maintenance free over a
long period of time. However, the chuck needs to be inspected
periodically for build up of wood dust in the jaw slide area on the front
side. Wood dust build up can make the jaws difficult to move. To clean
out the wood dust build up, the following method can be used. Remove
Jaw Slides. (First removing stop screw as explained in previous
section) then using a piece of wood (matchstick size) insert in the
bottom of scroll and rotate scroll ring. This will scrape out the
accumulated wood dust.
To disassemble chuck: Over a long period of usage there could be
some accumulation of very fine dust in the gearing area behind which
may require dismantling of chuck for a full clean. Following are steps
(Refer to exploded chuck diagram, Page 5) Using expanding pliers
remove the circlip securing the backing plate. This should give enough
access to clean the gears without further dismantling of the chuck. If
you want to dismantle further, follow these instructions. Remove the
two M6 fastening screws. Next hold the chuck with the jaw slide
surface facing up. Wiggle the pinions with the help of 8mm Hexagon
Wrench till the two dowel pins have fallen down. Next remove the
pinions. Remove the second circlip securing the scroll ring. The scroll
ring can be removed now. After you have cleaned the chuck assemble
the chuck back in the same order. Re-insert the jaw slides. Remember,
after you have re-assembled the gears, apply any general grease all
around the gear area!!
Remember to replace jaw travel stop screw!!
