rimcanyon
Diamond
- Joined
- Sep 28, 2002
- Location
- Salinas, CA USA
I have a couple of questions related to the vertical head slide on an FP2NC:
The FP2NC operators manual says to only operate the vertical head in one of the two locked positions, located by the spring-loaded index pin. However, it also says that when using the horizontal spindle, the vertical head can be pulled forward (with head tilted up) until stopped by the fixed pin on the stop assembly. At that point are the gears disengaged?
There are three cap screws that lock the vertical head to the headstock, K1,K2 & K3. The operators manual says to only lock the middle screw (K3) when the vertical head is in the rest position. I'm not sure what the rest position is, but why not lock K3 all the time?
The FP2NC operators manual says to only operate the vertical head in one of the two locked positions, located by the spring-loaded index pin. However, it also says that when using the horizontal spindle, the vertical head can be pulled forward (with head tilted up) until stopped by the fixed pin on the stop assembly. At that point are the gears disengaged?
There are three cap screws that lock the vertical head to the headstock, K1,K2 & K3. The operators manual says to only lock the middle screw (K3) when the vertical head is in the rest position. I'm not sure what the rest position is, but why not lock K3 all the time?