is it the end of it =(

[michael burton 1Participant @michaelburton1]

well as off 9 pm tonight my lathe motor bites the dust after 5 years of sterling service mid way thru a job i was doing to save me £100 now looks like the money i saved will have to be spent on a new motor so waste of time that was now a few phone calls in the morning and im hopeing il be able to trackdown a motor. The lathe is same as the warco wm180 so weather or not the motor is the same i really dnt know im hoping fingers crossed……

bye for now from a sad mike

Edited By michael burton 1 on 03/04/2012 22:40:36

[michael burton 1Participant @michaelburton1]

[AndyfParticipant @andyf]

Are you sure it's the motor that's gone west, Mike, and not the speed control board or the auxiliary board with the relay which starts/stops the motor? Even if it is the motor, it might only need new brushes.

That said, if a plume of magic smoke and a horrible smell came from it, you probably do need a new motor. Warco or Amadeal should be able to fix you up with another one.

Andy

[modeng2000Participant @modeng2000]

Try the brushes first, Warco have them.

John

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

Yep the brushes went on my 280, couple of quid to get it going again.

You may want to do what I plan to do if the motor or board fail and that is to fit a motor/VFD combination to get variable speed but much better low speed torque than the existing DC motor.

J

[michael burton 1Participant @michaelburton1]

hiya i stripped it down and took apart the motor wernt a pretty sight the comm was black as night and the brush holder had completly melted and had glooped up stuff its so melted that the brush holder when trying to unscrew the cap jus disintergrated so a new motor it is £75 from amadeal were i got the lathe and get all my bits from top bloke he is will be getting it tomorow hopefully

so feeling alot happier now =)

[AndyfParticipant @andyf]

It sounds like the problem may have been the result of worn-out brushes, Mike. A timely reminder that I should check mine in the morning! Bit of a nuisance to get the motor out, but it might save £75…..

Andy

[michael burton 1Participant @michaelburton1]

hi all new motor fitted but the new motor wont go below 300 rpm so now iv got to figgure tht out………….. oh well atleast its working for now

mike

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