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Figure 1-2
Speed control
Figure 1-4
Motor ON/OFF & Direction controls
Figure 1-3
Power feed levers on apron
13. Press the GREEN Motor ON button. The spindle should
turn forward, counter clockwise, viewed from the tailstock
end.
14. Check the emergency function by pressing the E-Stop
button. The motor should stop.
If this doesn’t happen,
the E-stop function is defective, and needs attention.
15. Reset (twist) the E-Stop button to restore power.
16. Check that the chuck guard switch stops the motor when
the guard is swung up.
17. Check that the belt cover safety switch stops the motor
when the belt cover is removed, Figure 1-1.
18. Press the RED Motor OFF button, Figure 1-4. The motor
should stop.
OPTIONAL TEST RUN PROCEDURE
With the spindle stationary, use the handwheel to run the sad-
dle back and forth a few times from headstock to tailstock (if
the handwheel cannot be turned, check that the power feed
lever and half-nut lever on the apron are in neutral, Figure 1-3).
With the power feed lever still in neutral, run the cross-slide
front to back a few times.
1. With the power feed and half-nut levers in neutral, run the
ALIGNING THE LATHE
The most important attribute of a properly set up lathe is its
ability to “machine parallel”, to cut a cylinder of uniform diame-
ter over its entire length. In other words, no taper.
Leveling of the lathe is a part of this, see earlier in this section.
Equally important is the alignment of the center-to-center axis
with the lathe bed, as seen
from above
. [Vertical alignment
is nowhere near as critical, rarely a cause of taper unless the
lathe is damaged or badly worn.] For more information see the
final pages of Section 4, Servicing the Lathe.
Figure 1-5
Saddle feed
Lever RIGHT and UP
Figure 1-6
Cross-slide feed
Lever LEFT and DOWN
spindle for a few minutes, forward and reverse, at a selec-
tion of speeds in both speed ranges (transfer the Vee belt
from inner to outer pulley grooves to change speed range).
2.
The gearbox should also be run at this time, but first make
certain that the leadscrew and feed shaft oilers at the
tailstock end have been lubricated.
3. Power-feed the saddle and cross-slide, Figures 1-5, and
1-6, stopping well before end limits or other obstructions.
4. After the initial test run, with 20 additional hours of machine
time, drain and refill the gearbox and apron with the lubri
-
cants specified in Section 4.