Foley 308 User manual

OPERATINGINSTRUCTIONS
308
FOLEYSAWCHAINGRINDER
SERVICEMANUALNO.R001088
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FOLEYMANUFACTURINGCOMPANY
3300FIFTHSTREETNORTHEAST
MINNEAPOLIS,MINNESOTA55418

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material.
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partsshouldprovedefective,replacementpartswill
befurnishedfreeofchargewhendefectivepartis
returnedpostpaidforinspection.
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transitorcausedbymisuse.
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construction,ormaterialsonallFoleymachines
withoutnotice.
FOLEYMANUFACTURINGCOMPANY
ServiceDepartment3300FifthSt.N.E.
MINNEAPOLIS,MINNESOTA55418
Telephone612—789-8831
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GENERALINSTRUCTIONSFORUSEANDOPERATION
OFMODEL308FOLEYSAWCHAINGRINDER
IMPORTANT
ItisverysimpletooperatetheFoleyGrinder.Allyouneeddoislearntheadjustmentsbefore
startingtogrindyourfirstchain.Thiswillsaveyoutimeandtrouble.Firstreadallthegen-
eralinstructionsgiveninthemanual.HaveChainGrinderinfrontofyouasyoureadthe
manual.Thenatthestartofyourfirstpracticesession,referagaintothesectioncovering
theparticulartypeofchainyouwishtogrind.
CHECKINGSHIPMENTOFMACHINEFOR
DAMAGEANDCOMPLETENESS
ExamineShipment:Carefullyinspectthemachinefor
intransitdamage.Lookparticularlyforcrackedcast-
ings,bentorbrokenparts.Anylossof,ordamaged
partsshouldbereportedtothefreightagentimmedi-
ately.Securethefreightagent'snotationoflossor
damageonthefreightbill.Trafficregulationsrequire
thetransportationcompanytostandcostofrepairor
replacement.
REPAIRORREPLACEMENTOF
DAMAGEDMACHINE
Youmayelecttofileyourownclaimagainstthetrans-
portationcompany.Incaseofdamagetoeasily
replacedparts,orderandpayforthenewpartsneeded;
enteryourclaimfortheirvalueagainstthedelivering
carrier.ReturnentiremachinetoMinneapolisforcom-
pleterebuildingonlyincaseofseriousdamage.
Alternatively,youmayaskthefactorytorepairor
replacewithoutcosttoyou.Inthiscase,thefollowing
papersmustbesenttoMinneapolissopartsreplace-
mentmaybeassessedagainsithetransportationcom-
pany:
(a)Itemizedreportshowingnatureandextentof
damage.
Seeexplodedviewdrawingforpartsindentifica-
tion.
(b)Paidfreightbill,bearingagent'snotationofdam-
age.
(c)Orginalbilloflading,andinvoice(ifavailable).
SETTINGUPTHEGRINDER
Thegrindershouldbesecurelymountedtothefloor
standoroverhangingona bench.SeeIllustrationNo.I.
Ifyouprefertooperatethechainvisemanuallyyou
mayremovethelockrodfromtheviselever.(Seeex-
plodeddiagram.)
ASSEMBLYOFFOOTOPERATEDCLAMP
Sliptheendlinkofthechainoverthelowerendofthe
lockrod.Attachthespringtotherodandhookthetop
endofthespringtotheholeinthelockrodbracket.
MOUNTFOOTPEDAL
Mountthefootpedalbracketthefloorstandorattach
ittoa legoftheworkbench(approximatelyfour
inchesfromthefloor).Attachthechaintothefoot
pedalsothattheheightofthepedaliscomfortableand
yetwillgivefullclampingtravel.
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illustrationNo.1
SAFETYFIRST
Allgrindingwheelsarebreakableandthefollowing
safetyprecautionsshouldbeobserved:
1. Handleandstoregrindingwheelscarefully.
2.Discardgrindingwheelsthatarebadlychipped.
3.Alwaysmounta grindingwheelusingblottersbe-
tweenthegrindingwheelandtheflanges.
4.Donotover-tightentheflangenut.
5.Donotruna grindingwheelfasterthanthatspecified
onthewheelblotters.
6. Do notstandin linewitha grindingwheelthefirst
minuteitisrun.
7.Neverjama grindingwheelintotheworkpiece.
8.Alwaysweareyeprotectionwhenoperatingany
grindingmachine.
GENERALCHAINTYPES
Thereareseveralgeneralchaintypesthatyoumust
recognizetosharpenproperly.
TheOregon80chainisonethatisusedonsawsthat
have"builtin"sharpeners.Thecuttershavea distinc-
tiveshape(seeillustrationon page6 ) andwillnot
bemistakenforeitheroftheothertypes.
Themostcommontypesofchainareeitherthechipper
orthechisel.
CHIPPERCHAINS
Thegeneralshapeofthechippertoothisasshownin
thissketchandinIllustration6.Notetheradiusonthe
sideofthecutter.Chippersareusuallygroundwitha
90°hookangleasshowninIllustration6.
CHISELCHAINS
Chiselteethhavea generalshapesuchas:
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RADIUS
CHIPPERCHAIN
FLAT
FLAT
CHISELCHAINS

Theyappearmoreangularandhavedefiniteflatsec-
tionsonthesidesofthecutters.
Chiselcuttersaregroundwitha slighthooksuchas
showninIllustration2.
CHAINPARTS
Itwillhelpyoutofollowtheinstructionsifyoulearnthenamesofthechainparts
andtheirpropersequenceasshownhere.
IllustrationNo.2
TOFINDCHAINPITCH
Asshownabove— measurethedistancebetweenany
threerivetsnexttoeachotheranddividebytwo.
GRINDINGSUGGESTIONS
Stop Fingershouldbesetbehindthechaintoothbeing
ground.
1.Keepnewfactory-sharpenedchainsonhandto
checksideplateangleswhensharpeningchains.
2.A commonerroristogrindtoodeep.SeeIllustration
No.6 andnoticethatthecuttersarenotgroundto
thebottomofthegullets.Donotgrindintotie
strapsordrivelinks.
3.Beforegrindingthechain:
a.Removeoilandpitchfromthechaintoprevent
grindingwheelglazingandgumming.
b.Examinethechainforbentorcrackedlinks.
c.Checkforwornorbrokendrivelinks.
d.Checkfortightpinjoints. Page3
CORRECTLYGROUNDCHISELCUTTER
SEESTANDARDCHAINCHART
FORHEIGHTOFDEPTHGAUGE
30°
SIDE
END
85°SIDEPLATEANGLE
TOP
80°- SIDEPLATEANGLEONOREGON
SUPERCHISEL
RIVET
HUB
FLANGE
PRESET
TIESTRAP
PRESET
LEFTHAND
CUTTER
TIESTRAP
RIGHTHAND
CUTTER
DRIVELINK
GUARDLINKREPLACESDRIVE
LINKONALLGUARDLINK
CHAINS
PITCH:
THISDISTANCE
DIVIDEDBYTWO
GAUGE:
DRIVELINK
THICKNESS
CUTTER
PART
NAMES
HEEL
TOE
RIVET
HOLE
DEPTH
GAUGE
GULLET
TOP
PLATE
SIDE
PLATE

DRESSINGTHEGRINDINGWHEEL
1.Shapethewheel"freehand"byholdingthedresser
againstthewheelwhileitisrunning.Usea circular
motiontoproducethedesiredcurvatureonthe
wheel.
2.Stopthemotorandcheckthewheelshapewiththe
radiusgauge.
3.Thechartonpage7 showstherecommended
wheelthicknessfordifferentchains.
Anarrowerwheelmaybeusedinsteadoftheone
recommendedinthechart,ifitisdressedasshown
inFig.No.3.Forexample,ifthechartcallsfora
1/4"thickwheel,a 3/16"thickwheelcanbedressed
tofitonesideofthe1/4" gauge.Thiswillbehelpful
oncertainchainswherethethickerwheelmayin-
terferewiththedepthgauges.
IllustrationNo.3
GRINDINGCHIPPERCHAIN
1.Chooseanddressthegrindingwheelasexplained
above.RefertoFig.No.6 forcorrectlygroundchip-
percutter.
2.Laythechaininthevisewiththecuttingedgesfac-
ingtotheleft.
3.Tiltthegrindingheadto30°andlock.
4.Setandlockthechainviseat35°totheleft(rotat-
ingclockwisefrom0°).SeeIllustrationNo.4.
5.Setchainviseto0°onthehorizontalscaleandlock
inplace.
6.Positionthestopfingerbehindtherighthandcutter
tobegroundandalignthetoothtothegrinding
wheel.Setthedepthstop.
7.Turnmotorswitchto"Forward"position(counter-
clockwiserotationwhenviewedfromwheelendof
shaft)andadjustthestopfingertogivethelightest
grindingpassthatwillsharpenthetoothproperly.
Grindallrighthandcuttersinthechainwithout
changingyoursetup.
IllustrationNo.4
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8.Swingchainvisetotherightandlockat35°.See
IllustrationNo.5.
9.Positionstopfingerbehinda lefthandcutterand
alignthetoothtothegrindingwheel.Changeonly
stopfingerpositionifnecessary.
10.Grindalllefthandcutterswiththemotorswitchin
the"Reverse"position.
11.Aftersharpeningthechainandbeforeremoving
itfromthegrindercheckthedepthgaugebylay-
inga shortstraightedgeacrossthetopoftwo
cuttersthenusinga feelergaugetomeasurethe
distancebetweentopofdepthgaugeandbottom
ofstraightedge.Properdepthgaugesettingis
shownonchartpage7...Depthgaugescanalso
becheckedbyusing#370362OregonAdjustable
DepthGauge.
Ifdepthgaugesneedtobelowered,usea 5/16"thick
grindingwheel.Dress thewheeltomatchthecontour
ofthedepthgauges(SeeIllustrationNo.7).Setthe
grindingheadto0°andto0°onboththechainvise
scaleandthehorizontalscale.Setthedepthcontrolto
giveproperheightandgrindalldepthgauges.
3/16WHEEL
1/4GAUGE

IllustrationNo.5 IllustrationNo.7
IllustrationNo.6
IllustrationNo.8 showstwocommongrindingerrors.
Excessivehookonthecutterswilltendtomakethe
chaingrabandrequireexcessivepowertodriveit.If
youaregettingtoomuchhook,checkradiusofwheel
withradiusgaugeastoosmalla radiuswillcauseex-
cesshook.Anotherpossiblecauseofexcesshookis
grindingtoodeep.
Ifthereisblackslopeontheteeththechainwillnot
feedproperlyandwillrequireexcessivedownpressure
tomakeitcut.Thiscausesunduewearonchainand
chainbar.Ifthereisbackslopeontheteeth,check
radiusofwheelwithradiusgauge,astoolargea radius
willcausebackslope.Anotherpossiblecauseofback-
slopeisnotgrindingdeepenough.
IllustrationNo.8
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GRINDINGWHEEL
5/16
HOOK
BACKSLOPE
35°
SEESTANDARDCHAINCHARTFOR
HEIGHTOFDEPTHGAUGE
CORRECTLYGROUNDCHIPPERCUTTER
END
SIDE
TOP
90°SIDEPLATEANGLE
NOTE:ANGLEIS85°FOROREGONS70

GRINDINGCHISELCHAIN
1.Chooseanddressthegrindingwheelasexplained
earlier.RefertoIllustrationNo.2 forcorrectly
groundchiselcutter.
2.Placechaininchainvisewiththecuttingedges
facingtotheleft.
3.Tiltthegrindingheadto30°andlock.
4.Setandlockchainviseat30°totheleft(rotating
clockwisefrom0°).SeeIllustrationNo.4.
5.Slidethechainvisebackandlockiton1½onthe
horizontalscale.
6.Positionthestopfingerbehindtherighthandcut-
tertobegroundandalignthetoothtothewheel.
Setthedepthstop.
7.Turnthemotorswitchto"Forward"position
(counterclockwiserotationwhenviewedfrom
wheelendofshaft)andadjustthestopfingerfor
thelightestgrindingpassthatwillsharpenthe
toothproperly.Grindallrighthandcutterswith-
outchangingyoursetup.
8.Slidethechainviseforwardandlockat1½on
horizontalscale.
9.Rotatethechainviserightandlockat30°.See
IllustrationNo.4.
10.Positionthestopfingerbehindthelefthandcutter
tobegroundandalignthetoothtothegrinding
wheel.Changeonlythestopfingerpositionif
necessary.
11.Grindalllefthandcutterswiththemotorswitch
inthe"Reverse"position.
12.Checkandgrinddepthgaugesifnecessary.See
IllustrationNo.11underGrindingChipperChain.
OREGON#80SERIESCHAIN
1.Usea 5/16"thickwheelwitha straightface.Faceof
thegrindingwheelmustbe90°tothesidesofthe
wheel.
2.Placechainintochainviseandpositionstopfinger
behinda right-handcutter.
3.Thechainviseshouldbesetat0°onthescaleand
the0 positiononthehorizontalscale.Grinding
wheelshouldbesetat10°rightonthegrindinghead
scale.
Grindthetopsofallrightandleftcuttersthesame
height.
IllustrationNo.9
4.Togrinddepthgauges,setthestopfingerbehinda
righthandcutter.Setthewheelto15°leftonthe
grindingheadscale.Movethechainvisetoposi-
tionthedepthgaugedirectlyunderthewheeland
grindalloftherighthanddepthgauges.020lower
thanthetipsofthecutters.Setthestopfingerbehind
alefthandcutter.Positionthelefthanddepthgauge
underwheelandgrindalllefthandgauges.Leave
grindingheadat15°left.
5.Grindingfacesofcutters(notrequiredeverysharp-
eningunlesschainhasbeendamagedorisextremely
dull).Dress3/16"thickwheelroundtofittheradius
gauge.Chainbarsetat0°positiononthesidescale
andat22°totheleft(clockwisefrom0°)onthe
chainvisescale.
Setthegrindingheadat22°andgrindallrighthand
cutters.
6.Swingthechainvisetotherightandlockat22°.
Grindallofthelefthandcutters.
ADJUSTMENT-CHAINVISE
Theopeningandclampingrangeofthechainviseis
controlledbythetwo3/8nutsontheviseshaftand
leverassembly.
Backofftheouterlocknut.Adjusttheviseopening
withtheinnernutwhileholdingtheviseleverinthe
properpositiontoprovidefulltravel— locktounlock.
Holdtheinnernutinplaceandtightenthelocknut.
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.020 22°BEVEL
22°HOOK
15°
10°
OREGON80CHAIN

STANDARDCHAINCHART
CHAINPITCH
1/4
.354
3/8
.404
7/16
1/2
9/16
5/8
3/4
WHEELTHICKNESS
1/8*
1/8*
1/8OR3/16*
1/8OR3/16*
3/16OR1/4*
3/16OR1/4*
3/16OR1/4*
3/16OR1/4*
1/4OR5/16*
USE
GAUGE
1/8
1/8
3/16
3/16
1/4
1/4
1/4
1/4
5/16
DEPTHGAUGESETTING
.020
.025
.025
.030
.030
.030
.040
.060
.060
*RECOMMENDEDWHEELTHICKNESS
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PARTSLISTFOR308SAWCHAINGRINDER
DIA.NO.
1
2
3
4
5
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PARTNO.
308001
308002
308020
308025
308027
308028
308030
308032
308038
308042
394027
308066
308045
308065
308068
308069
308049
314039
314038
308052
3O8053
308054
308055
308056
308057
308501
370789
308503
308504
308505
308506
352050
357109
357121
358055
394036
394044
394056
394070
394075
394076
394077
394078
370042
370255
370341
370508
370587
370634
PARTNAME
Overarm
Base
MotorMount
MotorSheave
SwitchCover
PivotPlate
SpacerBar
OuterFlange
Pointer
StopFinger
FootPedal
TopRod
VisePlate
LockRodBracket
Chain
Spring
QuadrantScale
LockStud
Handwheel
OverarmLockingKnobSpacer
SlidePlateSpacer
U-Bolt
HorizontalPointer
Spacer
AnvilLockScrew
PivotBarWeldment
"S"Hook
SlidePlateWeldment
MandrelBearingAss'y.
ViseShaft& LeverAss'y.
Bar& FeedSpacingNutWeldment
SawRestSpring
NylonPlug
Pointer
VerticalShaftSpring
HorizontalScale
FootPedalBracket
RadiusGage
BarFeedScrew
StopFingerPivotPlate
FeedScrew
ChainGuidePlate
FrontChainGuidePlate
ThrustBearing
PlainRubberWasher
Knob
DressingStick
GrindingWheel5 x 3/16x 1/2
LeverHandle
8

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102
103
PARTNO.
370714
370715
370788
370873
A190302
R000481
A160602
A250803
A252403
B190601
B250801
B251001
B251201
B251603
B254801
C190620
C250406
C372013
E192011
E251603
J371000
J502100
R000368
R000369
R000380
R000497
R000524
R000528
R000552
R601018
R764100
R772050
R841050
308041
308058
360066
370879
370901
370026
370148
A190404
J161000
R000531
361273
J312000
R000522
B250601
308062
370101
340005
340004
PARTNAME
V-Belt
EndCap
Knob
SpringWasher
Rd.Hd.Mach.Sc10-24UNCx 3/16Long
LockwasherExt.Teeth1/4I.D.x 1/2O.D.
Rd.Hd.Mach.Sc.8-32UNCx 3/8Long
FlatHd.Mach.Sc.1-4-20UNCx 1/2Long
FlatHd.Mach.Sc.1/4-20UNCx 1-1/2Long
HexCapSc.10-24UNCx 3/8Long
HexCapSc.1/4-20NCx 1/2Long
HexCapSc.1/4-20UNCx 5/8Long
HexCapSc.1/4-20UNCx 3/4Long
FlatHd.CapSc.1/4-20UNCx 1 Long
HexCapSc.1/4-20UNCx 3"Long
SockSetSc.10-24UNCx 3/8"Long
SockSetSc.1/4-20UNCx 1/4Long
SlottedSetSc.ConePoint3/8-16UNCx 1-1/4Long
WoodSc.#10x 1-1/4Long
LagSc.1/4-20x 1"Long
HexNut3/8-16UNC
HexJamNut1/2-20NF
SockHd.CapSc.1/4-20UNCx 3/4Long
SockHd.Sc.Nylok1/4-20UNCx 1/2Long
HexLocknutNylok1/4-20UNC
HexLocknut10-24UNC
PlainWasher1/4SAE
PlainWasher5/8SAE
KepNut1/4-20UNC
DriveScrew#2x 3/16
CotterKey1/8x 1 Long
CotterKey1/16x 1/2Long
Rollpin1/8x 1/2Long
SafetyShield
Nameplate
CordSet
Motor1/8H.P.115V50HZPerm.SplitCap
ReversingSwitch
MachineLight
InsulatingTube
Fill.Hd.Mach.Sc.10-24UNC
HexNut8-32UNC
PlainWasher#8Med.
InnerHandwheel
HexJamNut5/16-18UNC
PlainWasher#10SAE
HexCapSc.1/4-20x 3/8Long
WireSpacer
SnapinBlank
ForwardDecal
ReverseDecal
PARTSLISTFOR308SAWCHAINGRINDER
10

394930PEDESTAL

DIA.NO.PARTNO.PARTNAME
1308061Foot
2358012Leg
3394009PedestalBase
4B250801HexCapScrew1/4- 20NCx 1/2Long
5B311201HexCapScrew5/16- 18NCx 3/4Long
6C371600Sq.Hd.SetScrew3/8- 16NCx 1 LongCupPoint
7J372000HexJamNut3/8- 16NC
PARTSLISTFOR394930- PEDESTAL- SAWCHAINGRINDER
OPTIONALEQUIPMENT