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POOR FINISH

OUT-OF-ROUNDNESS

WHEEL JUMPING

WHEELHEAD RUNNING HOT

SPIRALING

Electrical

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POOR FINISH

When difficulty arise with finish 

(fishtails, chatter or just generally poor) 

check for 

          (1) Dirty coolant (fishtails)
(2) Accumulation of grinding residue around wheel guard
          (3) Wrong Wheel
(4) Coolant not rich enough or bad
          (5) Loose Spindle
(6) Diamond Dull or above center line
          (6) Dressing Wheel too fast (cutting a thread in wheel)

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OUT-OF-ROUNDNESS

when difficulty arise with roundness

(bigger in center and or ends, cam or diameter off center)

check for

          (1) Wheel Spindle loose in bearings
(2) Wheel loose on spindle
          (3) Diamond Dull or moved above center in holder
(4) The Universal Headstock is swiveled out of line with tail
          (5) On older machines,. Alignment is off between head and tail
(6) Centers in work not true or different than centers in machine
          (7) Centers in machine bad

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WHEEL JUMPING

when difficulty arise with Wheel jumping 

(Wheelhead creeping in on work unexpectedly)

Check for

          (1) Gib too tight
(2) No oil on wheel ways (Move in-feed back and forth in oil
          (3) On Universal Models, the rack tightened, but not parallel
      to slides and binding on one end
(4) Worm too tight to Worm Gear. Loosen eccentric and turn to
                correct.  Refer to maintenance sheet
          (5) Plain Grinders in-feed gears dry, clean and grease

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WHEELHEAD RUNNING HOT

when difficulty arise with Wheel running to hot

(wheelhead temperature running above 180 degrees)

Check for

           
          (1) Wheel Spindle too tight
(2) Belt tension to tight.  Refer to maintenance sheet
 
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SPIRALING

when difficulty arise with Wheel running to hot

(barber spiral or helical spiraling on work)

Check for a combination of

         
          (1) Wheel Spindle loose in bearings
(2) Wheel loose on spindle
          (3) Wrong wheel (Wheel loading Bond of wheel to hard try softer)
          (4) Diamond Dull or moved above center in holder
(5) The Universal Headstock is swiveled out of line with tail
          (6) On older machines,. Alignment is off between head and tail
(7) Centers in work not true or different than centers in machine
          (8) Centers in machine bad

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Electrical

 when difficulty arise with any of the following 

components listed below

 replacement is recommended

          (1) Any contacts, rectifers, generators, reostates, 
(2) Wheel loose on spindle
          (3) Wrong wheel (Wheel loading Bond of wheel to hard try softer)
          (4) Diamond Dull or moved above center in holder
(5) The Universal Headstock is swiveled out of line with tail
          (6) On older machines,. Alignment is off between head and tail
(7) Centers in work not true or different than centers in machine
          (8) Centers in machine bad

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