Installing Cam-Lock Studs

 

Tools Needed

Qty

Hex Wrench 5mm

1

To install cam-lock studs into a chuck or face- plate:

1.Lay the chuck or faceplate upside down on protective, flat surface.

2.If installed, remove the three locking cap screws adjacent to the cam-lock mounting holes (see Figure 27).

Cam-Lock

Stud

Locking Cap

Screw

Figure 27. Cam-lock stud and locking cap

screw.

3.Thread the cam-lock studs into the chuck or faceplate until the depth mark shown in Figure 28 is even with the surface of the chuck or faceplate and the curved indent on the side of the stud faces the locking cap screw hole.

Depth Mark

Figure 28. Cam-lock stud depth mark.

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4.Install and tighten the locking cap screws.

5.Make sure that the cam-lock studs can rock back-and-forth against the head of the lock- ing cap screw.

—If the cam-lock studs cannot rock back- and-forth against the locking cap screw, repeat Steps 2–5until they do.

3-Jaw Chuck

Your lathe is shipped with a 6" 3-jaw, direct mount scroll chuck and has three cam-lock studs that hold the chuck tight to the spindle nose. The jaws are hardened steel that self-center the workpiece within 0.002"–0.003" and are revers- ible for machining larger workpieces.

Reversing Jaws

 

Tools Needed

Qty

Hex Wrench 8mm

1

To reverse the jaw:

 

1.DISCONNECT LATHE FROM POWER!

2.Remove the two cap screws that secure each top jaw, as shown in Figure 29, then remove the top jaw.

Figure 29. Loosening the jaw cap screws.

Model G0554Z (Mfg 01/09+)

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Grizzly G0554Z owner manual Jaw Chuck, Installing Cam-Lock Studs, Reversing Jaws