Use And Care Manual
SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
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• Morse Taper (MT): A taper of specic dimensions used
to mate matching male and female parts together tightly.
The tailstock has a MT-1 Morse taper.
• Bed: Main supporting casting running the length of the
lathe.
• Tool Rest Base: Movable platform where the tool rest is
mounted. It can be set at an angle to the workpiece (also
known as compound slide and compound rest).
• Faceplate: A metal plate with a at face-mounted spindle
to hold irregularly shaped work.
• Headstock: The main casting mounted on the left end of
the bed where the spindle is mounted. Houses the spindle
gears.
• Tailstock: Assembly that slides along the bed and can be
locked in place. Used to hold long workpieces in place or
to mount a drill chuck.
• Hand Wheel: Moves the tailstock in and out.
• Tool rest: A device mounted on the compound that holds
the cutting tool.
• Tailstock lock lever: Locks the tailstock in position.
Unlock handle to position the tool rest in any location
along lathe bed. Tighten lever when properly positioned.
• Between Centres: A dimension representing the maximum
length of a workpiece that can be turned between centres.
Also a method of holding a workpiece by mounting
it between the centres of the headstock and the tailstock
spindles.
• Centre: A precision-ground tapered cylinder with a pointed
tip and a morse taper shaft. Used in the tailstock to
support the end of long workpieces. May also be used in
the headstock spindle to support work between centres
at both ends.
• Centreline: An imaginary line extending from the centre
of the spindle through the centre of the tailstock ram,
representing the central axis of the lathe around which
the work rotates.
• Parallel Cutting Guide: Parallel cutting guide is fully
adjustable for making cross cuts and using the miter
cutting guide.
• Chuck: A clamping device for holding work in the lathe
or for holding drills in the tailstock.