Kity 618

[marcros]

I was flicking through the manual for my 618, having scanned it for somebody.

In it, it mentions using the "special screwdriver" when changing the blade to poke through a hole in the table and lock the blade- I didnt know about this feature. It also calls it a stop rod.

Does anybody have one of these that they could measure? I cant access the hole in the spindle to measure the diameter of it. If not I will have to use some threaded rod to see what fits, but that does require buying a few sizes of it.

 

[Racers]

Drill bits make very good gauges and most people have some.

Pete

 

[marcros]

that is an idea. If i have a long enough one. I would guess that it is m6. everything else on the machine seems to be unless it is huge.

 

[powertools]

I don't know if this will help but I have a 617 saw and there is no way to lock the shaft but I also have a 627 spindle moulder and there is a pin with that to lock the shaft and it is 8mm dia. In my experience of Kity machines many things were standard across the range.

 

[Distinterior]

Hi Marcros,

My 618 is currently in bits, and I just checked the hole dia.

6mm drill bit is loose, 6.5mm drill bit is snug and 7mm bit wont fit in.

My thinking is, a 6mm dia rod will do the job.

Tim.

 

[marcros]

perfect, thanks.

 

[Benchwayze]

My old Coronet Major had a left hand thread on the arbor nut. I used to slip a meaty drill in one of the gullets, so it was trapped between table and a tooth. That would hold the blade well enough to remove the nut. If yours is a right hand thread, couldn't you make a wedge to slip down between the back of the blade and the throat?

 

[marcros]

It is also left hand thread on the 618. I will make/find something 6mm ish and epoxy a handle on it. I have always held the teeth into a block of wood until now.

 

[Benchwayze]

No need for a handle Marc. Just slide the drill, across the table-top until it bridges the throat, and is under a tooth. I suppose a piece of hardwood would work, as long as the teeth dig into it.

HTH

John

 

[Spindle]

Hi

I'd be tempted to find an old screwdriver with the correct diameter shaft - the steel will be a lot better than mild steel rod which may bend in use and make removal difficult.

Regards Mick