Grizzly G4000 Owner's Manual page 21

Carriage
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figure 12. Carriage controls and components.
A. Steady Rest: provides support for long, slen-
der stock and can be positioned anywhere on
the bedway.
B. follow Rest: Follows the movement of the
carriage and provides support for long, slen-
der stock to prevent the workpiece from flex-
ing due to cutting tool pressure.
C. 4-Way Tool post: holds four different cut-
ting tools that can be indexed (rotated) to the
workpiece as needed.
D. Compound Slide Handwheel: Moves the
compound slide and mounted tooling toward
or away from the workpiece at the angle
selected.
E. Compound Slide Angle Scale: displays the
angle of the compound slide and mounted
tooling in relation to the spindle center line.
f. Thread Dial: When engaged with the
leadscrew, shows when to engage the half-
nut during certain inch threading operations.
G. Half-Nut Lever: opens and closes the half-
nut onto the longitudinal leadscrew, which
engages the powered carriage feed for
threading.
H. feed Lever: Engages the carriage gears with
the longitudinal leadscrew for non-threading
powered carriage movement.
Model G4000 (Mfg. Since 8/09)
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NOTICE
Engaging the feed lever and the half-nut
at the same time will damage the car-
riage gearing and longitudinal leadscrew.
NEvER attempt to force the feed lever in the
engaged (up) position and half-nut lever in
the engaged (down) position at the same
time.
i. Carriage Handwheel: Moves the carriage
and the mounted tooling left-or-right along
the bedway.
J. Cross Slide Handwheel: Moves the cross
slide and mounted tooling in-or-out to the
bedway.
Tailstock
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figure 13. tailstock controls and components.
A. Quill: holds a tapered center or tool, and
moves toward or away from the spindle with
the use of the handwheel.
B. Quill Lock: Locks the quill and installed tool
in place.
C. Quill Handwheel: Moves the quill in and out
of the tailstock casting.
D. Offset Scale: indicates the tailstock offset
from the lathe center line.
E. Tailstock Lock Nut: secures the tailstock in
place on the bedway.
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