Tailstock Sleeve; Clamping A Workpiece Into The Three Jaw Chuck - Optimum Optiturn TU 2506 Operating Manual

Img.3-28: Workpiece between points: Tailstock offset Vr
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Tailstock sleeve

The tailstock sleeve is used to hold the tools (bits, lathe centres, etc.)
The sleeve of the tailstock can a drill chuck used for the recording of drilling and countersinking
tools are set.
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Clamp the required tool in the tailstock sleeve.
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Use the hand wheel to move the sleeve back and forth.
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Clamp the sleeve with the clamping lever.
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Use the adjustment and / or setting the [mm] - scale on the sleeve.
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Clamping a workpiece into the three jaw chuck

When the workpiece is being clamped unprofessionally, there is a risk of injury as the work-
piece may fly off or the jaws may break. The following examples do not show all possible situa-
tions of danger.
wrong
Version 1.0.1 2014-05-16
Clamping length too long,
overhang too long.
Clamping diameter too
large.
Workpiece is too heavy
and clamping grade too
short.
Original operating instructions
OPTIMUM
M A S C H I N E N - G E R M A N Y
right
Additional support over
center or rest.
Use
larger lathe.
Support over center,
enlarges clamping grade.
Enlarged clamping grades
are not available for this
three-jaw chuck.
Possibly use larger lathe.
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