Grizzly #8688 Mini Lathe

[DavidC]

Hi folks i just purchased the same lathe as the Grizzly #8688 from Bolton Machinery in California
and in the manual i do not see where it tells you how to change the degree of the upper section
of the X Y bed section in there which has the 40° mark right and left. 

Can someone please e-mail me a photo showing which screws or nuts to loosen, shurly don't
want to mess things up, being a newbie.

Sincerely DavidC
treasurehunterenterprizes@yahoo.com

[Stilldrillin]

Hi David,

Welcome to the collective.....  


I think you`re referring to the compound slide.......  

Wind the toolpost towards the tailstock, using the compound handwheel. This will uncover 2 caphead screws which lock the compound slide to the crossslide.

You can then swivel, & relock the slide to your angle.  

David D

[Bernd]

Hi folks i just purchased the same lathe as the Grizzly #8688 from Bolton Machinery in California
and in the manual i do not see where it tells you how to change the degree of the upper section
of the X Y bed section in there which has the 40° mark right and left. 

Can someone please e-mail me a photo showing which screws or nuts to loosen, shurly don't
want to mess things up, being a newbie.

Sincerely DavidC
treasurehunterenterprizes@yahoo.com

Try Grizzly manuals. Here's there manual for that lathe. http://cdn1.grizzly.com/manuals/g8688_m.pdf

Look on page 24. It'll show you how.

Bernd