Monarch 6 Series - Apron

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of

column

on index

plate

which

contains

the

feed

or

thread

desired.

Lift and

lock

lever

(U). Set

levers

(Y)

and (Z)

according

to

plate.

FIGURE

4 - Gear Box Control levers

Lever

(Y)

can

be

positioned

only on

"A"

or

"B"

setting

while

lever

( Z)

can

be

positioned

on

"C",

''D"

or

"E"

setting

.

Lever

(W)

selects

either

the

feed

rod

for

turning

operations

or

the

lead-

screw

for

thread

chasing

operations.

When

shifting

lever

(Y)

to

position

"A"

it

is

necessary

to

jog

the

spindle

except

at

very

low

speeds,

be-

cause

position

"A"

is

the

high

speed

side

of

the

gear

box.

The

regular

thread

range

of

Monarch

Series

61

ma

c

hines

is

from

2

to

120

threads

per

inch

with

feeds

from

.0014"

to

.

0S-4"

per

revolution.

Due

to

the

extreme

range

it

is

seldom

necessary

to

change

end

gears

except

for

special

threads.

APRON

Figure

5

indicates

the

functions

of

the

various

controls

provided

to

impart

the

necessary

move-

ments

to

the

cutting

tool.

(A),

the

apron

hand-

wheel,

moves

the

cutting

tool

manually

,

para-

llel

to

the

bed.

Cross

slide

handwheel, (B),

moves

the

tool

manually,

at

a

right

angle

to

the

bed

. Compound

rest

handwheel

(C)

moves

the

tool

manually,

at

any

angle

to

the

bed

.

Spindle

rotation

is

started

and

stopped

by

means

of

lever

(D)

which

operations

may

also

be

per-

formed

at

the

headstock

end

of

the

machine

FIGURE

S - Front

of

Apron, Equipped with Power Rapid Traverse

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