RIDGID 1215 Manual page 8

1215 Threading Machine
10. Swing pipe cutter back to the UP position.
Pipe Reaming with No. 344 Reamer
1. Move reamer arm into DOWN position.
2. Depress and hold the foot switch down with left foot.
3. Position reamer into pipe and complete reaming by ex-
erting pressure on handwheel (Figure 5) .
Figure 5 – Reaming Pipe with No. 344 Reamer
4. Retract reamer and return reamer to UP position.
5. Release foot switch and remove your foot from the
housing.
Threading Pipe Or Rod With Quick-
Opening, Self-Opening or Semi-Automatic
Die Head
1. Install die set. Refer to die installation procedure.
2. Swing cutter and reamer to UP position.
3. Swing die head to DOWN position with throwout lever
set to CLOSE position.
4. Depress and hold the foot switch down with left foot.
NOTE! 1215 Machines have an automatic oiling system
that brings oil to the work through the die head.
Oil flow can be adjusted with oil flow control
valve located on back side of carriage (Figure 6) .
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Increase Flow
Figure 6 – Oil Flow Control
5. Turn carriage handwheel to bring dies against end of
pipe. Slight pressure on handwheel will start dies
(Figure 7) .
Figure 7 – Threading Pipe With No. 811-A Die Head
6. Quick-Opening 811A Die Head (Figure 8) – When
thread is completed, raise throwout lever to open po-
sition, retracting dies.
Self-Opening 815A Die Head (Figure 9) – When die
head trigger contacts end of pipe, throwout lever is au-
tomatically opened.
" - 1 " pipe, die heads will open automat-
NOTE! For 1 / 1 /
2 2
ically when proper length of thread has been cut.
" - " pipe, die heads must be opened
For 1 / 3 /
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manually. With die head trigger placed up and out
of the way, thread length can be controlled by
manually releasing throw-out lever. This is nec-
essary for making long BSPP and NPSM threads.
Semi-automatic die head (Figure 10) – When the
end of the pipe being threaded is flush with the
end of the number 1 die, hit the handle for the
dies to release the pipe.