18 Apr
2004
18 Apr
'04
6:07 a.m.
If I get done with the Wife's "Honey
Dew" list. I will begin powering it up
(slowly and carefully) with a complete set of prints at hand.
Turn it over by hand first. With the mains disocnnected, turn the motor
fan and make sure everything moves freely, without jamming. Trip the
clutches as necessary, but you'll have to latch them up by hand at the
end of the cycle if you're turning it by hand, since they depend on the
speed/inertia of the moving parts to latch,
When you're sure noting is jammed, then you can apply power to the motor.
I speak from experience, having had a drive belt get totally stripped
when some linkage was out of place and jamming the machine. Fortunately
it was just the belt, and fortunately I had a spare, but you might not be
so lucky!
-tony