13.
Clean and grease feed handle and cam track.
MAINTENANCE OF THE ROUTER BIT GRINDER
General It is a good practice to keep the grinder of
14.
Replace feed handle and cam track.
grinding grit at all times by frequent dusting or brushing.
The following schedule will extend the of your machine
15.
Adjust gib plates (items No.. 9 and No. 38 of
and ensure that it will perform satisfactorily.
exploded view drawing No. 2).
1.
Once a week or every (8) eight hours of grind
16.
Adjust jam nuts on lead screw to remove end play
thoroughly dust machine free of grinding grit.
at the thrust bearings (item No. 10 of exploded
2.
Wipe V ways clean and re-oil sparingly with few
drops of 30 wt engine oil.
17.
Remove work-head from angle bracket.
3.
Wipe lead screws clean and oil sparingly with few
18.
Remove angle bracket.
drops of 30 wt engine oil.
19.
Clean parts and reassemble using a film of light
4.
Check V belt tension.
weight cup grease on base plate quadrant faces.
Every 100 hours of operation:
20.
Oil felt seals on the work-head using a few drops
1.
Perform eight hour cleaning and oiling schedule.
21.
Remove stop screw and brass lock pin from work-
2.
Remove all attachments from grinder table.
head and insert a generous amount of SAE 10 wt
3.
Remove table feed handle and cam track.
4.
Loosen two set screws on either end of grinder
GENERAL NOTE:
The work-head is a sealed unit and cannot be readily
5.
Slide out table traverse rod and wipe rod clean
disassembled.
Should the work-head not function
with cotton waste.
properly, return to the factory for inspection and repair.
6.
Lift grinder table and slide toward front of
machine. Lift table free of grinder base.
7.
Thoroughly clean table and base, being careful not
to get any grit into the ball bushings.
8.
Clean wiper felts and re-oil generously with 30 wt
engine oil.
9.
Oil ball bushings generously with a 30 wt engine
oil.
10.
Grease cam follower track with a light weight cup
grease.
11.
Reassemble table to grinder base, being careful
so as not to damage the cam track wiper felts.
ILLUSTRATION NO. 39
12.
Insert table traverse rod and tighten set screw.
OILING THE WORK-HEAD
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