DIYbanter - Indexing on Rikon 70-100 mini lathe

Hello S:
I've had this happen several times. You should also be hearing a
rattling noise from the headstock. Remove the belt and anything
mounted to the headstock(chuck etc.) then remove the 4 bolts holding
the headstock to the rails. Carefully tilt the headstock towards you.
The wires for the on/off switch are in the headstock and you don't
want to rip them off. You will need a long allen wrench to reach up to
the set screw that holds the index plate to the shaft. There is either
a dimple or a flat spot on the shaft so you will need to tighten the
set screw a bit and hold the index plate and rotate the shaft till you
find the dimple or flat spot and then tighten the set screw at that
point. I wish I could get some locktite on that allen screw but
haven't taken the time to figure out how to take it apart any further
then this.

Regards
Paul Geving

On Oct 18, 4:43 pm, S wrote:
Has anyone had any trouble with the indexing on Rikon's 70-100 mini
lathe? Mine no longer works, I haven't opened it up to find out why -
yet anyway. Just wondering if anyone else had a fix for this. I
called tech support and they told me they'd call back, but haven't
heard from them. I'll have to give them another call.
-S