CHAPTER 3: SETTING INTO OPERATION
3-6
3. INSTALLATION . INSTALLATION
Before you start to install the bar feeder, make sure the lathe is already leveled. Before you start to install the bar feeder, make sure the lathe is already leveled.
Step 1: Install the front fixed tube or telescope tube on the bar feeder. Step 1: Install the front fixed tube or telescope tube on the bar feeder.
Step 2: Align the bar feeder roughly with the lathe. Keep about 20 mm clearance between the front
tube and the spindle. On a sliding headstock lathe, make sure to move the headstock to
maximum backward position before checking the position.
Step 2: Align the bar feeder roughly with the lathe. Keep about 20 mm clearance between the front
tube and the spindle. On a sliding headstock lathe, make sure to move the headstock to
maximum backward position before checking the position.
Step 3: Loosen the floor pads (Fig 3.6 #1) and adjust them to make the stands stable. Step 3: Loosen the floor pads (Fig 3.6 #1) and adjust them to make the stands stable.
Step 4: Loosen all the locking screws on each stand (Fig 3.6 #2) and adjust the height of the bar
feeder using the main screw. (Fig 3.6 #3 )
Step 4: Loosen all the locking screws on each stand (Fig 3.6 #2) and adjust the height of the bar
feeder using the main screw. (Fig 3.6 #3 )
Fig 3.6 Fig 3.6
Step 5: Remove the front tube and replace it with the alignment bushing. (Fig 3.7 #1)
Fig 3.7
ALPHA ST 320
To Next Page
Loading...
