Operation Manual

Set the drive belt to the lowest spindle speed and start

the machine. With the long hole drill bit, supplied with the

hollow footstock centre, chucked in an electric drill the

hole is drilled into the workpiece. Remove drill bit at

regular intervals to help clear the bore chips from the

hole.

Note: both the lathe and the drill must be running. With

either one not running, the drill bit will not centre and can,

depending on the length of the workpiece

run out.

The drill bit must turn clockwise.

Long, small diameter workpieces must be supported to prevent vibration. The workpiece must either be already

completely turned round, or a short section must be turned round to accommodate the steadying rest’s rollers. After

installing the workpiece between centres each support roller is individually set against it, applying only very light

pressure.

15 Steadying Rest

Install template in template extrusion.The template extrusion is mounted with two toolrests to

the machine bed. Set height so that the copying chisel’s

cutter edge is on the centre line.

16 Copying Attachment