Capco surface grinder manuals

Hi all,

I have just bought a capco surface grinder and while there is a little intfo on t'net I can't find any manuals.

Does any one have manuals. I am not sure what manuals are available but normally it is something like Installation and maintenance, operation and parts manuals.

Also any other info on attachments etc would be welcome. It seems from lathes.co.uk it is a MK2 model 2

Thanks

Alastair

Edited By Colin Seggie on 12/04/2014 09:07:16

Edited By Colin Seggie on 12/04/2014 09:09:54

Cheers John,

You are completely correct I know very little about this type of machine, thanks for the "heads-up" I would have found that out the hard way!

As it turns out this one comes with a mag chuck so I assume that it is correct for the machine. I believe the travel is 14" x 6" but I don't know the chuck size. This exactly the kind of info I need thanks.

Alastair

A couple of months ago I had a chance to buy a machine very similar to this one and foolishly I passed on it thinking I couldn't accommodate it. I really should have bought it. I am very envious.

I will be getting one sooner rather than later as I am having to borrow a friends more and more.

graham.

Hi
What would be useful A diamond trimmer A Habbit diamond radius dresser for rads on the wheel . and a angle dresser .and maybe a pair of mag blocks and a good angle plate with square sides for ease when squaring up items
Nobby

Alastair,

I doubt you will find a Manual as such, but they are not difficult to operate. John has pointed out the need to dress the mag chuck surface on the machine from time to time. Eclipse reckon that the main reason for loss of holding power is failure to dress the table, so the surface is not smooth. Obviously this is done with the chuck "off".

Like my old Pallas grinder, Capco is very open. While these are excellent little machines, they are also very good at throwing filth in all directions. Recommend you think ahead on this and try to provide some shielding to contain this.

The little guard at the end of the table does very little, but I have found that the biggest flat magnet available, fixed to the guard and covered with a polythene bag will catch a lot of the metallic dust, the bag is then reversed off and contains all the gunge cleanly. The ideal would be some sort of extractor system, but whilst I have thought a lot about this have yet to get around to it.

Surrounding the machine with a sort of "tent" of polythene will keep a lot of the dust in one place, likewise think about the location of the grinder. If you can back it into a corner then it's easier to box in and can have a little roof of its own.

Believe me, the muck does get everywhere. If you have other machines near it then cover them up whilst grinding.

Phil