Installing/removing spur center, Installing/removing live center – Grizzly H8259 User Manual
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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