I finally decided to clean up my electrical a little and get rid of the wire nuts that were holding everything together on the floor (got shocked from the converter cap discharging I think, and did not care much for it).
So now I have a rotary phase converter running to a switch panel that I am using to distribute to 3 different machines (not at the same time).
Anyway, when I got done with everything the mill seems to run fine but the lathe now makes a loud ticking noise when I run it. I am pretty sure I have everything wired exactly how it was prior to me messing with it.
I do not know much about 3 phase motors, but if I had one of the legs switched could that be the issue? Oh, the motor has a single phase electric brake that pulls off of 2 legs at the motor.
I have always had a weird sound if I put it in reverse when it first starts up, but I use reverse so rarely it never bothered me. It probably needed to be torn down and rebuilt when I initially got it since I have no idea how long it had been sitting, but that was not in the cards at the time. Now it would be a real chore to get the motor off the lathe since it is in a awkward position almost 6' off the ground.
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Thanks,
Jeremy
So now I have a rotary phase converter running to a switch panel that I am using to distribute to 3 different machines (not at the same time).
Anyway, when I got done with everything the mill seems to run fine but the lathe now makes a loud ticking noise when I run it. I am pretty sure I have everything wired exactly how it was prior to me messing with it.
I do not know much about 3 phase motors, but if I had one of the legs switched could that be the issue? Oh, the motor has a single phase electric brake that pulls off of 2 legs at the motor.
I have always had a weird sound if I put it in reverse when it first starts up, but I use reverse so rarely it never bothered me. It probably needed to be torn down and rebuilt when I initially got it since I have no idea how long it had been sitting, but that was not in the cards at the time. Now it would be a real chore to get the motor off the lathe since it is in a awkward position almost 6' off the ground.
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Thanks,
Jeremy