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Spindle Turning

WARNING: For your own safety, turn switch "OFF"

and remove switch key before mounting workpiece

in lathe.

If you have never done any amount of wood turning, we

suggest that you practice using the various wood turning

tools. Start with a small spindle turning.

Be sure to study the "How To..." section of this manual. It

explains and illustrates the correct use of the turning

stools, the positioning of the tool rest and other informa-

tion to help you gain experience.

1. Carefully inspect and select a piece of wood 2" x 2" x

12" and always use wood free of checks, splits,

cracks or knots.

2. Draw diagonal lines on each end to locate the cen-

ters.

3. On one end, make a sawcut approximately 1/16"

deep on each diagonal line. This is for the spur cen-

ter.

4. The other end is for the cup center. Place the point of

the cup center on the wood where the diagonal lines

cross.

5. Drive the cup center into the wood. Use a wooden

mallet or a plastic hammer. If you don't have one, use

a steel hammer, but put a piece of wood on the end of

the cup center to protect it.

6. Remove the cup center and drive the spur center into

the other end of the wood. Make sure the spurs are in

the saw cuts. Remove the spur center.

7. Make sure the centers and the hole in the spindle and

the tailstock ram are clean. Insert the spur center into

the headstock and the cup center into the tailstock

and tap them in lightly with a piece of wood. Do not

drive them in.

8. Put a drop of oil or wax on the wood where it contacts

the cup center. This will lubricate the wood while it is

turning.

9. Place the wood between the centers and lock the tail-

stock.

WARNING: Be sure the spur center and cup center

are firmly seated against the workpiece and that the

tailstock is securely locked in place.

10. Move the cup center into the wood by turning the

hand wheel. Make sure that the cup center and spur

center are "seated" into the wood in the holes made

in steps 5 and 6 above. Rotate the wood by hand

while turning the hand wheel.

11. Adjust the tool rest approximately 1/8" away from the

corners of the wood and 1/8" above the center line.

Note the angled position of the tool rest base.

WARNING: For your own safety, after adjusting the

tool rest be sure and lock the tool rest base and the

tool rest.

Diagonal Lines

on Both Ends

Wood

Tool Rest

1/8"

Basic Lathe Operations (continued)

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