Grizzly G0554Z owner manual Placing Assembling Lathe, Floor refer to Mounting to Shop Floor on

Placing &

Assembling Lathe

The Model G0554Z is a heavy machine. Serious personal injury may occur if safe moving methods are not used. To be safe, get assistance and use power equipment rated for at least 3500 lbs. to move the shipping crate and machine.

To place and assemble your lathe:

1. Prepare the permanent location for the lathe

and select the method of mounting it to the

floor (refer to Mounting to Shop Floor on

Page 16 for options).

Note: As an additional option, you can use

4.To balance the lifting load, loosen the tailstock lock lever, move the tailstock to the end of the bedway, then lock it in place (see Figure 8).

Tailstock Lock Lever

Figure 8. Tailstock lock lever.

5.To further balance the load, loosen the car- riage lock, make sure the feed lever is in the center (disengaged) position, the half-nut lever is in the up (disengaged) position, then use the carriage handwheel to move the car- riage to the right (see Figure 9).

	the six cast iron foot pads and leveling hard-
	ware that are included with your lathe.
2.	Remove the shipping crate top and sides,
	then remove the small components from the
	shipping pallet.
3.	Move the lifting hole covers out of the way
	and slide the iron/steel round stock lifting
	bars completely through each end of the
	stand (see Figure 7).

Carriage

Handwheel

Feed Lever

Carriage Lock

Half-Nut

Lever

Lifting Holes

Figure 9. Carriage controls set for moving the

carriage.

Figure 7. Lifting strap positioned on a lifting bar

that is inserted through the lifting holes.

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