Use and Care Manual

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OPERATION
ADJUSTING THE GIBS (FIG. H)
Both the compound slide and the cross slide have gibs that need to
be adjusted to make them feed along the bedway properly. To ad-
just the gib you will need a 2 mm hex wrench and a 7 mm wrench.
Follow these steps to adjust the gibs:
1. Turn off and unplug the lathe.
2. Loosen the three locknuts.
3. Test the sliding movement. Tighten and loosen the set screws as
necessary. The slides should move smoothly without play. Readjust
the set screws as needed.
4. Tighten the locknuts to keep the gibs set
COMPOUND
SLIDE
CROSS
SLIDE
Fig. H
REPLACING MOTOR BRUSHES
To replace the brushes for the lathe’s motor:
1. Turn off and unplug the lathe.
2. Remove the front and rear brush caps from the motor. One can be accessed through the hole in the front of
the bed. The other can be accessed from the back of the headstock, where the motor is exposed.
3. Pull out the motor brush and dispose of the old ones.
4. Insert the new motor brushes.
5. Reattach the brush caps.