Use and Care Manual

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OPERATION
CARRIAGE FEED
The feed of the carriage along the axis of the spindle can be done manually by you, or automatically by the lead
screw and gear train.
To manually feed the carriage:
1. Use the handwheel on the carriage to move it along the bed. Turning it clockwise will move it away from the
spindle and turning it counter-clockwise will move it towards the spindle.
2. To set the handwheel scale for the carriage feed, move the carriage to your starting point. Then back it up
0.015” from the starting point.
3. From there slowly feed the carriage back to the starting point.
4. While holding the handwheel in place, slowly turn the scale so that the “0” and the “0.000” marks line up on
the scale.
5. Repeat this process for each pass of the carriage
To automatically feed the carriage:
1. Set the carriage to your starting point and zero out the scale by following steps 2-5 above in the “to manually
feed the carriage” section
2. While the unit is still turned off, set the Lead Screw Direction Lever to FORWARD, and set the Spindle Di-
rection Selector to Forward.
3. Turn the lathe on and set it to the necessary RPM using the Variable Speed Controller
4. Push the feed lever down to engage the lead screw the automatic feed function.
5. Once the pass of the tool is finished pull back the lever to disengage the lead screw and the automatic feed.
Fig. C
COMPOUND SLIDE
The compound slide works similarly to the cross slide with a
small handwheel and a scale with tick marks every 0.001”. The
compound slide can be fed back and forth with this handwheel,
similar to the cross slide. In addition it can also be rotated to an
angle of your choice and fed back and forth along this angle. Fol-
low these steps to adjust the compound slide:
1. Loosen the two bolts shown in Fig. C with an allen key
2. Rotate the compound slide to the desired angle and retighten
the bolts to lock it in place.
3. Turn the handwheel until your slide is at its starting point.
Then back the slide 0.015” from the starting point.
4. Slowly turn the handwheel to feed the slide forward until it returns to the starting point.
5. Hold the handwheel in place and rotate the scale so the “0” and “0.000” lines match and the scale is properly
zeroed.
6. Repeat steps 3-5 for each cut and each time you adjust the slide in order to get the most accurate cuts.