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Operation and Work Results
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Entire machine | 1. | Workpiece is unbalanced. | 1. | Reinstall workpiece so it is as centered with the |
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sively upon | 2. | Worn or broken gear present. | 2. | Inspect gears and replace if necessary. |
startup and while | 3. | Chuck or faceplate has become unbalanced. | 3. | Rebalance chuck or faceplate; contact a local |
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| 4. | Spindle bearings at fault. | 4. | Replace or adjust spindle bearings. |
Bad surface fin- | 1. | Wrong RPM or feed rate. | 1. | Adjust for appropriate RPM and feed rate. |
ish. | 2. | Dull tooling or poor tool selection. | 2. | Sharpen tooling or select a better tool for the |
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| 3. | Too much play in gibs or saddle clamp shoe. | 3. | Tighten gibs and saddle clamp shoe. |
| 4. | Tool too high. | 4. | Lower the tool position. |
Can't remove | 1. | Quill had not retracted all the way back into | 1. | Turn the quill handwheel until it forces taper out |
tapered tool |
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from tailstock | 2. | Debris was not removed from taper before | 2. | Always make sure that taper surfaces are clean. |
quill. |
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Cross slide, com- | 1. | Saddle clamp shoe is loose. | 1. | Remove and readjust the saddle clamp shoe. |
pound slide, or | 2. | Handwheel is loose. | 2. | Tighten handwheel fasteners. |
carriage feed has | 3. | Lead screw mechanism or end cap bushing is | 3. | Replace lead screw mechanism and bushing. |
sloppy operation. |
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Cross slide, com- | 1. | Gibs are loaded up with shavings, dust, or | 1. | Remove gibs, clean ways/dovetails, lubricate, and |
pound slide, or |
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| readjust gibs. |
carriage feed | 2. | Gib screws are too tight. | 2. | Loosen gib screw(s) slightly, and lubricate |
handwheel is |
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hard to move. | 3. | Backlash setting too tight (cross slide only). | 3. | Slightly loosen backlash setting by loosening the |
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| locking screw and adjusting the spanner ring at the |
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| 4. | Bedways are dry. | 4. | Lubricate bedways and handles. |
Cutting tool or | 1. | Tool holder not tight enough. | 1. | Check for debris, clean, and retighten. |
machine com- | 2. | Cutting tool sticks too far out of tool holder; | 2. | Reinstall cutting tool so no more than 1/3 of the |
ponents vibrate |
| lack of support. |
| total length is sticking out of tool holder. |
excessively dur- | 3. | Dull cutting tool. | 3. | Replace or resharpen cutting tool. |
ing cutting. | 4. | Incorrect spindle speed or feed rate. | 4. | Use the recommended spindle speed. |
| 5. | Gibs or saddle clamp shoe are out of adjust- | 5. | Tighten gibs and adjust saddle clamp shoe. |
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Inaccurate turn- | 1. | Headstock and tailstock are not properly | 1. | Realign the tailstock to the headstock spindle bore |
ing results from |
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| center line. |
one end of the |
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workpiece to the |
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other. |
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Chuck jaws won't | 1. | Chips lodged in the jaws. | 1. | Remove jaws, clean and lubricate chuck threads, |
move or don't |
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move easily. |
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Carriage won't | 1. | Gears are not all engaged. | 1. | Adjust gear positions. |
feed. | 2. | Gears are broken. | 2. | Replace. |
| 3. | Loose screw on the feed handle. | 3. | Tighten. |
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