Unlike other knurling systems, a lathe is not necessary to produce excellent results with the Wade Hand Knurling Tool.

 

The tool may be revolved around the work as shown in Fig. 1 or the work held in a lathe as illustrated in Fig. 2.

For Diamond pattern knurling the 2 knurls in the head should be left hand and the one in the plunger, right hand. A single 3/16" band of knurling is produced when the line on the plunger lines up with index mark B. For wider knurls the tool is made to travwel along the work as it revolves. Do this by loosening set screw A and trun the plunger approximately the width of the index line i the direction you wish to travel and retighten the set screw.