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Indexing on Rikon 70-100 mini lathe
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 |
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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 |
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