I have a H.F. 7 X 10--it`s in good condition and works well, however im doing some pretty tough stuff with it because I have to. I have no other way to do what I need to. I am building a Front loader for a Cub Cadet garden tractor and im making all the bushings and pins on this little lathe. I know--get a bigger lathe--I am looking for one I can afford. I am retired and have to be careful about how much I can spend on what. I probably have 30 thousand worth of tools, but they were accumulated over 40 years in the trades. Random tool buying kind of stops when you cant work anymore. So im making a die holder to thread a 5/8-11 taper bolt and the machine starts --like -whining --not bad, but I never heard this before, so I stop the lathe to check the gears. There was no visible damage, and very little chip fragments in the gear area. i cleaned out the area and started the lathe, and ran at low--RPM while watching the gears--also, no signs of problems, so I sprayed a little lubricant on the gears to see if the sound abated--No--I stopped the lathe to reverse the motor to listen to it in reverse--I switched the lever in the back down to the reverse position and pushed the start switch---and--Nothing--I thought--what-?--so I put it back in Forward and pushed to start it again--and--Nothing again--now im getting worried. What could have happened between stopping and restarting the lathe and how could it have anything to do with switching to reverse. I then checked the fuse to see if it blew. It checked good with a DVOM, but I checked further with meter to follow the AC path. I had ac voltage from L1 in From power cord to L1 terminal --through power on switch--to-Fuse--through to other side of fuse, and had ac voltage all through to- PCB- terminal. Tried lathe again--Nothing-. Detached -DC-outs to motor--from terminal block switch and fed-12 v dc from a car battery directly to motor and it fired right up and ran fine--slow--but fine. So now im Lost. Sorry about the Long dissertation but ive always thought in life--More information is better. Any Help would be greatly appreciated . Greg---aka--zerotact