RELEVANT PARTS' NAME, PLEASE REFER TO THE PHOTOS WITHIN THIS MANUAL.
1. Place Self-Opening Die Head flat on bench with numbers UP.
2. Make sure trigger assembly is released.
3. Loosen clamp lever.
4. Pull lock screw out of size bar slot so that roll pin in lock screw will bypass slot. Position size
bar so that index line on lock screw is all the way to the end of REMOVE DIES position.
5. Remove dies from die head.
6. Insert new dies to mark. Die numbers 1 through 4 must agree with those on die head.
7. Rotate cam plate until roll pin on lock screw can be positioned in slot. In this position dies will
lock in die head. Make sure roll pin points toward end of size bar marked REMOVE DIES.
8. Adjust die head size bar until index line on lock screw is aligned with proper size mark on size
bar.
9. Tighten clamp lever.
10. If oversize or undersize threads are required, set the index line in direction of OVER or
UNDER size mark on size bar.
1. With machine unplugged, remove die head. Lay die head on bench with numbers face up.
2. Flip throwout lever to OPEN position.
3. Loosen clamp lever approximately three turns.
4. Lift tongue of clamp lever washer up and out of slot under size bar. Slide throwout lever all the
way to end of slot in the OVER direction indicated on size bar (in direction of CHANGE DIES arrow
on rear of cam plate).
5. Remove dies from die head.
6. Insert new dies to mark on side of dies. Die numbers 1 through 4 on the dies must agree with
those on die head.
7. Slide throwout lever back so that tongue of clamp lever washer will drop in slot under size bar.
8. Adust die head size bar until the index line on lock screw or link is aligned with proper size
mark on size bar. For bolt threads, align index line with BOLT line on size bar.
9. Tighten clamp lever.
10. If oversize or undersize threads are required, set the index line in direction of OVER or
UNDER size mark on size bar.
11. Replace die head in machine.
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INSTALLING DIES ( QUICK-OPEN TYPE DIE HEAD)
index line
link
throwout
lever
Dies changing operation
washer
head
clamp lever
size bar