any direction.
The carriage, tailstock and other sliding parts of the lathe are locked before delivery,
do not loosen these until the machine is installed in its final location. Before lifting the
machine, confirm that these items are fully locked down to prevent causing an accident
in the event they are not locked and move. Carefully lower the lathe on to the
foundation to prevent causing any damage to the machine.
3.3 Cleaning
This machine has been coated with a layer of anti-rust oil to all of the bare metal
surfaces to prevent rusting. Before moving the carriage or the tailstock, use a cleaning
solvent to remove the oil making sure that all of the anti-rust oil is removed. Apply a
thin layer of oil to the machines bare metal surfaces to protect them from rust.
4. Levelling
To ensure the continued accuracy of the machine, the machine must be kept level at
all times. To level the machine, use the following procedure:
A. Longitudinal Level
Once the guideways have been cleaned thoroughly, loosen the nuts holding the
machine to the foundation and place a 150mm precision machinists level onto the
cross slide in the longitudinal direction and move the carriage along the full length of
the travel, adjust the level of the machine by adjusting the adjustable spacers and
recheck the reading on the level. Continue this process until the machine is fully level
along the full length of the machine bed.
B. Cross Level
Place the spirit level onto the cross slide in the cross direction (across the bed) and
move the carriage along the guideways in the longitudinal direction towards the
headstock, take a reading and then move the carriage towards the tailstock. The
reading at this end must match the reading from the tailstock, there must not be
allowed to be any twist in the bed. If the reading is different, adjust the levelling
wedges until the bed is level.
