Headstock removal is simple

1. Put Mark V up in drill press mode.

2. Use your allen wrench to loosen the setscrews on the bottom on the way tube tie bar. This is the bar which connects the way tubes on the left, now up in the air.

3. Use a mallet or piece of wood to tap the tie bar up and off the way tubes. Be sure to tap both sides evenly so the tie bar doesn't get crooked as it goes up, binding it.

4. Lower Mark V down out of drill press mode. If you have a helper, you can have them hold the tubes up slightly as you slide the headstock to the left and free of the way tubes. If you don't have a helper, you can use your table as a jack to hold the tubes up at a slight angle. You can do this by placing a 2x4 board across your bottom tubes right under your table's legs. Lock table carriage in position. Crank your table DOWN, so that the legs press against the 2x4, this will lift everything up. Lock table height. Then you can slide your headstock off the left side of your machine, free of the tubes.

5. Reassembly is simply the reverse steps above.

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Boxing it up (please follow carefully):
Double box the headstock. (DO NOT BUILD A CRATE!!!). This means using one box which barely fits the headstock, and insert this one into a larger box with the voids between them filled with folded cardboard, foam, bubble wrap, peanuts, etc. The double box method protects the headstock from being cracked. I had one come in this week brokend because it was single boxed in peanuts and the heavy headstock immediately sank thru the peanuts to the bottom of the box. (Absolutely do not build a crate. This adds a lot of weight costing you more, and a heavy item in a solid box can be damaged. This happened this week to a customer who ignored my instructions and sent his in a crate It cost him more in parts and in shipping.) Please don't use styrofoam, fiberglass or peanuts in the same box as the headstock. Remove and keep quill handle so it won't get bent.

Include your complete contact info taped to the headstock or the outside of the inner box (name, address, phone #, email address). Ship to me at Jacob Anderson, 3405 Glen Arden Road, Virginia Beach, VA 23464 phone 757-201-4815.

Ship headstock GROUND SERVICE (saves a lot of money) to me via your choice of carriers. Insure to $300 or so in case of damage in transit. Please waive the need for a signature.


Email me at jacobvb@yahoo.com telling me date it shipped, with what carrier, and tracking number. In the email give me your shipping address, phone number, email account, etc.