Rough Alignment
Once the Copy Attachment Bed is attached to the mounting brackets, the following procedures will allow you to begin the very important process of aligning the parallelism between the centers of the lathe and those of the centers which will hold your template or original profile.
1.To roughly align the Copy Attachment with the lathe headstock/tailstock axis two gauge boards will be needed. The gauge board should be approximately 1- 11⁄8'' thick, 6 - 8'' wide and 2 - 3'' long. Clamp these gauge boards onto the lathe bed, one under the headstock, the other under the tailstock.
2.Place a machinist’s square on top of the wood and measure 3'' toward the Copy Attachment bed. See Figure 4. Place a precise mark across the width of the wood. Repeat the process with another piece of wood at the headstock.
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Figure 4. Use of gauge boards for alignment.
3.Once both gauges are marked, slide the Copy Attachment bed over the board until the leading edge is even with the marks on both the left and right sides.
4.Tighten the large cap screws securing the mounting brackets to the lathe bed with the large Allen® wrench provided. Then tighten the hex nuts securing the Copy Attachment Bed to the mounting brackets.
5.Once the brackets and bed are securely attached, remove the gauge boards.
6.Install the longitudinal-feed handwheel. This is the larger of the two handwheels. It mounts on the shaft at the left hand end of the Copy Attachment Bed. Secure the wheel with the setscrew included.
7.Attach the crossfeed handwheel handle to the smaller wheel on the the sliding car- riage.
8.Install the cutting tool into the arbor and tighten the collar setscrew. See Figure 5.
Figure 5. Securing cutting tool.
Use caution when handling the Copy Attachment’s cutting tool. It’s sharp edges could cause skin lacerations if handled improperly.
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