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H8259 10" x 18" Benchtop Lathe
To remove the spur center:
1. UNPLUG LATHE FROM POWER!
2. Hold the headstock spindle wheel securely
while turning the faceplate counterclockwise
until the spur center is forced out of the head
-
stock spindle
(Figure 16).
Installing/Removing
Spur Center
The spur center installs into the headstock spin-
dle with a taper fit.
To install the spur center:
1. UNPLUG LATHE FROM POWER!
2. Insert the tapered end of the center into the
spindle, and push it in quickly and firmly
(Figure 15).
Figure 15. 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
Figure 16. Removing spur center.
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 17,
and push firmly.
Note
: If the lathe is used with the faceplate
removed, a knockout tool (not included) is
required for removing the spur center.
Spur Center
Faceplate
Headstock
Spindle Wheel