Man-Au-Trol Vertical Turret Lathe Service Manual
Service manual for the Bullard Man-Au-Trol Vertical Turret Lathe, an essential workshop reference prepared by The Bullard Company of Bridgeport, Connecticut. This repair manual covers complete operating instructions, detailed maintenance procedures, and comprehensive repair parts information to help machine operators and maintenance personnel master the lathe's automatic operation features and keep it running reliably. Whether you're setting up the machine, diagnosing issues, or performing routine service, this technical documentation provides the guidance you need for safe and efficient operation.
Table of Contents:
- Adjustment—Clutch and Brake
- Adjustment—Cross Rail Leveling
- Angular Turning Attachment Type "A"
- Angular Turning Attachment Type "B"
- Assembling the Machine
- Attachment—Angular Turning Type "A"
- Attachment—Angular Turning Type "B"
- Capacities—Cutting Coolant Reservoir
- Capacities—Lubrication Oil Reservoir
- Care of Man-Au-Trol Switches
- Chart—Cutting Speed
- Chart—Table Speed
- Clean the Machine
- Clutch and Brake Adjustment
- Couplings—Feed, Traverse and Rail Raising Safety
- Cross Rail Leveling Adjustment
- Cross Rail—Raising and Lowering
- Cutting Coolant Reservoir Capacities
- Cutting Coolant System
- Cutting Speed Chart
- Damage in Shipment
- Dials—Micrometer
- Detection Setting for Main Head
- Detector Setting for Side Head
- Description—Machine General
- Feed Bracket and Man-Au-Trol Unit
- Feed, Traverse and Rail Raising Safety Couplings
- Foreign Shipment
- Foundation
- Function Drum Set Up for Main Head
- Function Drum Set Up for Side Head
- General Description
- Hand Cranks
- Head Shock
- How to Order Repair Parts
- How Man-Au-Trol Operates
- Hydraulic (Unloading Valve) System
- Index—Turret
- Installation
- Installing the Lubricants
- Important Caution Notes
- Jacking and Rolling on Skids
- Lever—Manual—Automatic Position
- Lever—Manual—Control
- Leveling the Machine
- Lifting with Crane
- Lubrication
- Lubrication—Installing the Lubricants
- Lubrication—Oil Reservoir Capacities
- Lubrication Specifications
- Machine Approx. Net Weights
- Machine—Assembling
- Machine—Cleaning
- Machine—General Description
- Machine—Leveling
- Machine—Starting
- Machine—Wiring
- Main Head—Detector Setting
- Main Head—Start
- Manual—Automatic Position Lever
- Manual—Control Lever
- Micrometer Dials and Scales
- Overrunning Clutch—Ram and Turret Head
- Preparing for Installation
- Raising and Lowering the Cross Rail
- Ram Head Overrunning Clutch
- Ram Head—Swiveling
- Ram and Turret Head Overrunning Clutch
- Receiving
- Repair Parts—How to Order
- Repair Parts Section
- Rolling and Jacking on Skids
- Scales
- Set Up—Main Head Function Drum
- Set Up Procedure for Automatic Production
- Set Up—Side Head Function Drum
- Shipment—Damage in
- Shipment—Foreign
- Shipment and Transit
- Side Head—Detector Setting
- Side Head—Start
- Specifications—Lubrication
- Speed—Table Change
- Start Side Head and Start Main Head
- Starting the Man-Au-Trol V.T.L.
- Suggested Lubrication Maintenance System
- Switches—Care of Man-Au-Trol
- Swiveling the Ram Heads
- Table Speed Change
- Table Speeds Chart
- Testing the Condition of Oils
- Turret Head Overrunning Clutch
- Turret Index
- Weights—Machine Approx. Net
- Wiring the Machine
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