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by davepotts
Wed Nov 29, 2006 12:30 pm
Forum: General Woodworking
Topic: Cleaning The Quill
Replies: 11
Views: 49627

Cleaning The Quill

Well, here is what my manual says-keep in mind mine is an old Mark V made in 1954: QUILL SPINES: Every 100 hours remove the quill assembly from the headstock and clean off the old grease on the splines and replace with clean grease. QUILL: Lock quill in maximum extended position. Apply grease to to ...
by davepotts
Tue Nov 14, 2006 6:17 pm
Forum: General Woodworking
Topic: Cleaning The Quill
Replies: 11
Views: 49627

Cleaning the quill

Thanks for all the replys. As to the last reply, is it all that important to take the quill completely out to service it? Also, my manual says to extend the quill and clean it and then grease the gears (ratchets) on the bottom and then apply a few drops of oil to the top. I've done this. So where do...
by davepotts
Thu Nov 02, 2006 5:43 pm
Forum: General Woodworking
Topic: Cleaning The Quill
Replies: 11
Views: 49627

Cleaning The Quill

I need to remove the quill on my Mark v to clean and lube it and am not sure how it is done. The manual says to remove it but doesn't say how. Do you remove the allen screw on the top of the head stock and then simply slide the whole quill out? If so, then I assume you just slide it back in and repl...