Operator`s manual

Ridge Tool Company
11
Operating Instructions
for Carriage-Mounted
Power Drive Tools
WARNING
Do not wear gloves or loose clothing when oper-
ating Power Drive. Keep sleeves and jackets but-
toned. Do not reach across the machine or pipe.
Do not use this Power Drive if the foot switch is
broken or missing. Always wear eye protection to
protect eyes from dirt and other foreign objects.
Keep hands away from rotating pipe and fittings.
Stop the machine before wiping pipe threads or
screwing on fittings. Allow the machine to come to
a complete stop before touching the pipe or
machine chucks.
Do not use this machine to “make-on” or “break
off” fittings. This practice is not an intended use of
this Power Drive.
Installing Pipe in Power Drive
1. Check to insure the cutter, reamer and die head is
swung to the rear of the carriage.
2. Mark the pipe at the desired length if it is being cut
to length.
3. Insert the pipe into the Power Drive so that the end
to be worked or the cutting mark is located about 12
inches to the front of the speed chuck jaws.
4. Insert workpieces less than 2 feet long form the
front of the machine. Insert longer pipes through
either end so that the longer section extends out
beyond the rear of the Power Drive.
To avoid equipment tip-overs, position
the pipe supports under the workpiece.
5. Tighten the rear centering device around the pipe by
using a counterclockwise rotation of the handwheel at
the rear of the Power Drive. This prevents movement
of the pipe that can result in poor thread quality.
6. Secure the pipe by using repeated and forceful
counterclockwise spins of the speed chuck hand-
wheel at the front of the Power Drive. This action
“hammers” the jaws tightly around the pipe.
Cutting Pipe with No. 360 Cutter
1. Check to insure the reamer and die head are in
the UP position (Figure 9).
2. Move pipe cutter down onto pipe and move carriage
with carriage lever to line up cutter wheel with mark
on pipe.
3. Tighten cutter feedscrew handle while keeping the
cutter wheel aligned with the mark.
4. Assume the correct operating posture (Figure 11).
This will allow you to maintain proper bal-
ance and to safely keep control of the machine and tools.
• Be sure you can quickly remove your foot from the
foot switch.
• Stand facing the directional switch.
• Be sure you have convenient access to direc-
tional switch, tools and chucks.
• Do not reach across the machine or workpiece.
5. Flip the directional switch to FOR (Forward).
6. Grasp the pipe cutter’s feed handle with both hands
(Figure 9).
Figure 9 – Cutting Pipe with No. 360 Cutter
7. Depress and hold down the foot switch with the
left foot.
8. Tighten the feedscrew handle slowly and continu-
ously until the pipe is cut. Do not force the cutter into
the workpiece.
9. Release the foot switch and remove your foot from
the housing.
10. Swing pipe cutter back to the UP position.
Reaming Pipe with No. 341 Reamer
1. Move reamer arm down into reaming position (Figure
10).
300 Power Drive
WARNING
WARNING
Feed Screw
Handle
Carriage
Lever
No. 360 Cutter