INSTRUCTIONS and PARTS No. 6802 QUICK-CHANGE GEAR MECHANISM ATLAS PRESS COMPANY for KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN 49001 ATLAS 12° LATHES DECEMBER, 1965 FILE NO. 6802-1 RUCTIONS FOR ORDERING REPAIR PARTS ceemos ad to QUAI : 1. PART NUMBER a L NUKBER be purchased locally, Hes char ATLAS PRESS COMPANY e KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN e 49001 6802 1 Printed in U.S.A.INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS ‘To prepare the lathe for installing the Quick-Change Attachment 1. Remove aut (D, fig. 1) and collar (C) from end of lead serew. 2. Remove screws (B) from lead screw bracket (E) and slide bracket off lead screw. NOTE: Leave collar (A) on lead screw. 3. Remove serews (A, fig. 2) and slide feed gear assem- bly (C) off lead sevew (B). 4. Open half nuts and remove lead sctew fom apron. Figure 2 DRILL 1/4" HOLE THRU LEAD SCREW Figure 3 5. Drill 1/4°hole thew lead screw as shown in figure3. Figure 5 Figure 4 Place square head bolt (A, fig. 5) in lathe leg and lock 6. Remove compound gear (A, fig. 4) by loosening set screw (B) in collar and te with jam nue ~ position aut (B) fand washer (C) oa place with compound sear supplied with {quick-change. bolt. Figure 6 8. Fasten the quick change gear housing (D, fig. 6) t0 lathe bed with screws (A, Bp. 2. DO NOT tightes securely. 9. Slide lead sezew (B, fig.7)thra apron aad in slipping clueeh(A), aligning key of clutch vith keyway ia lead Figure 8 10, To assemble lead screw bearing bracket A. Install beating (C, fig. 8) in bracket (D) but DO NOT tighten set screw (J). B. Install spacer (F), plate (G), bearing (H), and plate (G) on lead screw. C. Slide bearing bracket (C) on serew. D. Install plate (G), bearing (H, plate (G), spacer (F), collar (A) and cone lock aut (FE) on serew. IMPORTANT: Tighten cone lock ut uatil end play has been removed from lead screw 680211, Move eatriage close to bearing bracket (C) and ‘lose half nuts. 12, Bolt bearing bracket securely to bed with socker cap screws (B)- 13. Move carriage to extreme left. Shift both quick: change levers (B fig. 6) to rest on lip (C) of gear housing. 14, Turn lead screw by hand, shifting quick-change housing ntl lead serew ars freely, chen tighten the two screws (A) securely. Recheck to make sore lead serew turns free 15. Screw mot (A, fig. 9) and Washer against support beach sug. sou wap cr by band ~ DO NOT ose wut" (| “MN wrench, ry y 16, Tighe ue (B) and washer against support bracket ncly |p securely. wee eS 17, Tighten set screw (fig-8). Flavia 9 18, Mount trending chart to gear housing with screws femished. 19, Weekly oil with S.A.E. No. 20 oil each quick- change oiler. 20, Rotate lathe spindle by hand, shifting reverse tumbler and quick-change levers, to make sure mechanism turns freely. 21. Check adjustment of slipping clutch — refer to LEAD SCREW CLUTCH ADJUSTMENT. 22, Read Operating Instructions before earning oa lathe motor. OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS ‘Study the chart on the gear box ~ it lists the threads and feeds available and indicates the position of the controls for threads of feed desived. Figure 10 LEAD SCREW DIRECTION LEVER (D, fig. 10) has three positions. Center position is aeutral ~ gear a is disengaged and lead screw does not tun. 6802 Upper position moves carriage toward tailstock and cross slide away from operator. Lower position ‘moves carriage toward headstock and cross slide toward operator. CAUTION: Always tur off motor and let spindle stop before shifting lead screw direction lever The left LEVER (F) on quick-change box shifts to five positions — A, B, C, D and E. LEVER (E) of sight side of quick-change box shifes to nine positions, numbered on bottom of chart. The indexing holes for this lever are directly below the thread of feed desired. SLIDING GEAR (H) has two positions. IN position is toward headstock and meshed with 32-tooth com pound gear (K). OUT position is away from the head stock and meshed with the 16-tooth compound gear (J)- The position of the sliding gear (IN oF OUT) is shown on the chart ia the same row as thread or feed desired. Loosen QUADRANT LOCK (6) to mesh sliding gear with compound gear. After gears are properly meshed, tighten the lock, Be sure ro allow sufficient cleai ance between the two meshing gears. CAUTION: Always stop motor and spindle before changing feeds. If quick-change levers do not index, do not force, merely rotate spindle by hand until levers slide easily into position. LEAD SCREW SAFETY CLUTCH ADJUSTMENT Clutch is preset at factory. If adjustment is neces- sary, it should be set at 5 foot pounds. To adjust: \w Figure 11 1, Insert 1 od (B, fig. 11) in the hole in lead screw neat clutch, 2. Hang a 5 Ib. weight on rod 12 inches from lead 3. Tighten collar (A) until clutch is properly ad justed. NOTE: When lead screw safety clutch is properly adjusted, the 5 Ib. weight will move slowly dows. If ie moves too fast, tighten collar (A). If it doesn't move, loosen collar (A). IMPORTANT: Cluteh collar is self-locking.INSTRUCTIONS FOR CUTTING GEAR SET-UPS FOR FREQUENTLY USED THREADS ODD & METRIC THREADS, NOT SHOWN ON QUICK-CHANGE CHART WIRE WINDING = Figure 12 GEAR SET-UPS FOR METRIC THREADS aa D> REPLACING THE = 40 100TH QUICK-CHANGE one GEAR TRAIN Oa reort cous 4 6802ATLAS QUICK-CHANGE GEAR ATTACHMENT, MODEL NO. 6802 75 wore AsSEMaLy. Not "Ke. Not TN. anny 3 i eo is) o : i 3 i Hl z 1 eater ounor ar : 2 ae i F i pare?) 6802 5