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G0657/G0658 Benchtop Lathe
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To remove the spur center:
1. DISCONNECT LATHE FROM POWER!
2. Insert the knockout rod into the outboard
end of the spindle. Use a shop rag or wear a
glove to catch the center and gently tap the
rod handle until the spur center is freed from
the spindle
(Figure 24).
Installing /Removing
Spur Center
The spur center installs into the headstock spin-
dle with a taper fit.
To install the spur center:
1. DISCONNECT LATHE FROM POWER!
2. Insert the tapered end of the center into the
spindle, and push it in quickly and firmly
(Figure 23).
Figure 23. Inserting spur center into spindle.
3. Check that the center is securely installed
by giving it a quick tug. (A properly installed
center will not pull out by hand.)
Headstock
Spindle Wheel
Spur Center
Spur Center
Headstock
Spindle Wheel
4. Tighten the quill lock handle.
Installing /Removing
Live Center
To install the live center:
1. Loosen the quill lock handle (if locked)
approximately half a turn counterclockwise.
2. Rotate the quill handwheel clockwise until the
tailstock quill protrudes out of the tailstock
housing about
3
⁄4''.
3. Insert the live center, as shown in Figure 25,
and push firmly.
Quill Lock Handle
Quill
Handwheel
Quill
Live Center
Figure 25. Live center installed in tailstock.
Figure 24. Removing spur center.
Knockout Bar