Maintaining the Nova 3000
General Maintenance
Interval
Maintenance
After each use
Clean the work area and lathe. Vacuum scraps and dust from the
inside the headstock, between the lathe bed rails, and under the
toolslide and tailstock.
Monthly
Wax exposed cast iron parts with a good quality paste wax,
especially the bed rails. Buff out the wax thoroughly.
Check tightness of nuts and bolts; especially the set screws on the
motor pulley and headstock pulley, and the lathe mounting bolts.
Lubricate, with one or two drops of light-weight oil, the tailstock quill
threads, index pin shaft, and the toolslide camshaft (remove plastic
plugs) and toolslide front camshaft bore.
6 Months
Grease tailstock quill threads. Turn the handwheel so the quill
threads are exposed, apply grease to the threads, crank the
handwheel back and forth to work in the grease, wipe off any
excess.
Lubricate the tailstock slot with one or two drops of light-weight oil.
Cleaning the Toolslide
If the toolslide becomes hard to move and
adjust, cleaning and lubricating are required.
1.
To make the toolslide slide more freely
along the bed, make sure the bed rails are
clean. Apply some paste wax to the rails.
2.
If the toolslide is hard to move towards or
away from you, remove the toolslide from
the lathe bed. Clean the toolslide
camshaft (round eccentric rod) with a
petroleum-based solvent. Lubricate the
rod with a light-weight oil or a silicone
spray.
3.
Slide the base back onto the lathe bed.
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