Care & Maintenance
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Always disconnect machine from power before performing maintenance or serious personal injury may result.
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For optimum performance from your chuck, follow the maintenance schedule below, and never hammer on the chuck, jaws, or a workpiece clamped in the chuck. Never subject the chuck to abrasives, flame, or water.
Daily:
•Check/correct loose mounting bolts.
•Use a vacuum, rag, or brush to clean the chuck after use. Never use air pressure to clean chips away from a chuck.
•Wipe the chuck down with a thin coat of way oil to prevent surface rust.
•Grease the chuck fitting with one to two pumps of NLGI #2 grease.
If the chuck ever becomes stiff to operate, it may have been contaminated with metal chips or abrasives from neglect or poor service practices. The chuck must be dissembled, cleaned, and re- lubricated.
To disassemble the chuck for a full cleaning and lubrication service:
1.DISCONNECT LATHE FROM POWER!
2.Mark the chuck and the mounting plate where they mate to ensure that when reassembled both halves line up. Next, unbolt the chuck and separate both halves.
3.Insert and rotate the chuck key counterclockwise until the
4.Using a 4mm and 6mm hex wrench, a #1 standard screwdriver, and a ratchet with a 7mm socket, start at #1 and disassemble the chuck in the sequence shown in Figure 2.
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Figure 2. Chuck sequence of disassembly.
5.Using mineral spirits, clean and dry all components. Inspect all bores, teeth, pins, and mating surfaces for wear, burrs, galling, rust, or cracks.
6.Without changing the dimension of any part, use a wire brush, emery cloth, or dressing stones, to remove any rust, burrs, or high spots caused by galling.
7.Coat all parts with any automotive NLGI #2 grease, and carefully reassemble the chuck in the reverse order shown in Figure 2.
8.Rotate the chuck key clockwise until you see the tip of the
9.Insert jaw #1 into jaw guide #1, and hold the jaw against the
10.Rotate the chuck key clockwise one turn to engage the tip of the
11.Install the other jaws in the same manner, and install a new grease fitting if the ball or nipple leak grease.
12.Line up the timing mark on the chuck and the mounting plate, and fasten both halves by tightening and torquing the fasteners as outlined in Step 13 in Installation.