May I ask another question, please?
I’ve fabricated a 4″ square x 3/8″ hold-down plate for the top-slide. Not quite as per the drawings proffered earlier, but very similar.
However, when I switched on, no response!
Previously there had been intermittent difficulty in starting – motor starts, lathe runs, lathe stopped (for check measurement etc.) , lathe refuses to re-start. After some time, and turning the machine by hand, it would re-start – but not predictably.
I had wondered whether something was over-heating in the motor, or some safety element was being over-sensitive. But it had been getting progressively worse – and now ‘dead’.
(When first in use I could stop and start very frequently with no trace of difficulty.)
I’ve checked wiring, switches, etc. as best I can and found no obvious fault.
But inside the wiring system is a 12-pin relay, powered by a low voltage transformer (which shews no open-circuit faults in the windings).
Could any kind soul suggest ways of testing the relay, please? I have only a pocket meter for resistance, continuity, voiltages, etc.
Eric Lougheed