I'm teaching myself how to use the 820, my first lathe and foray into machining, all to significantly up my skills in fountain pen restoration. So I'm learning as I go, and it's a wonderful puzzle, I must say.
In the absence of Logan 820 For Dummies, I've done pretty well with the South Bend book and the 820 operators manual, and almost continuous reading of this forum, much DM help from Mikey, and watching tubalcain and other recommended YouTube videos.
At this point, I have this question I can't answer: I think I've been running on back gear rather than direct drive. I think I've been using the back gear knob as a spindle release. But I can't seem to find how to engage direct drive. I'm looking for the "lock pin located in the side of the bull gear." (Logan manual) Is the lock pin what is shown in the closeup shot? And from mid-distance. It swivels but does not pull out. Is it possible that the flat belt falls off the 4 position of the countershaft because I'm in back gear? It works fine in 1 and 3.
Many thanks in advance. I promise other questions are brewing.
Tim
In the absence of Logan 820 For Dummies, I've done pretty well with the South Bend book and the 820 operators manual, and almost continuous reading of this forum, much DM help from Mikey, and watching tubalcain and other recommended YouTube videos.
At this point, I have this question I can't answer: I think I've been running on back gear rather than direct drive. I think I've been using the back gear knob as a spindle release. But I can't seem to find how to engage direct drive. I'm looking for the "lock pin located in the side of the bull gear." (Logan manual) Is the lock pin what is shown in the closeup shot? And from mid-distance. It swivels but does not pull out. Is it possible that the flat belt falls off the 4 position of the countershaft because I'm in back gear? It works fine in 1 and 3.
Many thanks in advance. I promise other questions are brewing.
Tim
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