"Joseph Gwinn" wrote in message
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"DoN. Nichols" wrote:

On 2007-12-28, Clark Magnuson wrote:
I remove and tighten the ring on the L00 with a stick and hammer.
The wood will not beat up the ring.

The rings on Clausings which I have seen have blind holes
drilled every so many degrees -- every 60 or 45 degrees, I think. They
accept a radial pin spanner. I use a dead-blow hammer to drive mine.
And if I am in a gearing which makes it easy for the chuck to turn the
spindle, I engage the back gear while keeping the pin in for direct
drive. Be sure to remember to undo this before applying power. With
your 2HP motor and (I believe) the variable speed pulley, you might have
enough torque to damage the back gears otherwise.

Of course -- some have milled notches instead of drilled holes,
and there you use a hook spanner instead.

Mine has shallow milled slots plus a blind round hole every 60 degrees,
and came with a big radial-pin spanner that fits perfectly.

The milled slots appear to be intended to provide a hand grip, being a
form of knurling.

I've using a lead hammer on the spanner, but a dead-blow hammer would
also work.

I've been getting by with a good whack with an open palm.

Also -- be *sure* to put the nose protector on (and snug the
ring) before putting in the collet adaptor -- or you will have
difficulty getting the adaptor back out.

I don't know what a nose protector is, or if I have one. The lathe came
with collet nose and closer (made by Royal) installed, and I have not
yet taken them apart.

On mine (and others I've seen) it's an aluminum piece that fits over the
spindle nose with external threads that fit into the spindle nut. It
protects the threads on the spindle nut and extracts the 5C spindle sleeve
(adapter) by pushing the sleeve out when the spindle nut is loosened. In
the picture below, the nose protector is at the lower right hand corner of
the manual:

http://memweb.newsguy.com/~mphenry/C...Accesories.jpg

I have no idea what many of the knobs and handles on the lathe do, or
how to take it apart, and will order the manual from Clausing next week.

Make sure you have the serial number handy - they have something like 25
versions of the 5900-series manuals and need the S/N to get you the right
one. You might also check on manuals for any accessories that you might
have. I think that they threw a couple in for free when I ordered a manual.

Mike