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

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