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Allan

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I drove to the US of A on Saturday and brought back some machining stuff. There is a place in Minnesota that accepts shipments for me so I can clear them through customs. Otherwise UPS doubles the price of everything by the time I get it. I got an ER32 (I think it is) collet chuck from CDCO. Also a 6x6 angle plate- not unpacked yet. From Shars I snagged an AXA wedge type QCTP. Wasn't sure what to expect but they all look really well made. I guess the truth is in the turning. But sometimes you can tell garbage the second you lay eyes on it. Some of my old Soviet stuff was good and some was a joke.

One task before the tool post can be used is to do some cogitating on the main bolt. It is made for a T slot but my lathe doesn't have one. I may have to make or modify to get it going. Servants beget servants they say. Sigh....

Still don't quite have the lathe wired yet. Decided to put a DPST switch in to shut the whole thing down and use the original switch to do FWD and REV duties. Just need some BX clamps and I should be done. Here's hoping.

Al
 
Sounds like you got good start. I'd say your switch idea is good thinking. That's the way they all should be wired.
If you can put a pic or the type of lathe you have you'll probably get plenty of suggestions to solve that.
I imagine you can save a bundle by picking up at the border and even get a few extras with what you save. Better get that lathe going, beats the heck out of hand spinning. GOOD LUCK.
dickr
 
Hi, DickR.
How are things in Montana? I grew up in Calgary and I really like the west. I'm a westerner first and a Canuck second. Montana is a great place. Haven't been there in a few years but I always enjoy it when I get there. I'd love to try some fly fishing down there. My brother has done a fair bit over the years.

I tried out my wiring but promptly blew the breaker. Going over the motor schematic I realized that I done 'er wrong :nuts:. No smoke got out though ; ) Not one of my more brilliant moves, I must say.

So now I have a new diagram. What I was trying to do was to allow for two wires to be reversed. To do that now I have to break the wire run and take it to the switch and then back to the motor to continue its run. The switch will do the reversing through a kind of DPDT action. Unfortunately I have to take a lot of the wiring apart to do it. It ends up with a lot of wires in the armored cable. It proves Al's Law: Its always cheaper, easier and faster to do it right the first time.

One thing I made to get out of a jam was a cable clamp to hold the armoured cable to the back of the switch enclosure. The door of the lathe is about 1/4" thick and the grip length of a 1/2" clamp isn't long enough to get through the door and the switch box and still get the nut on. So I took a galvinized junction box cover and used the knock out hole to slide onto the clamp. I drilled two small holes one on each side of the big one and trimmed it to shape. The whole thing got soldered onto the clamp and acted as a mounting flange that screws onto the door behind the switch. Problem solved. I have never seen one on the shelf anywhere but a local electrician had one in a box of clamps so I patterned it after that one.

I hope you have a great weekend.

Al
 
Hi Al. Montana's holding it's own. Hoping for a snowy winter, hasn't happened yet, it was dry last year so hoping for for some wet. We live in Twin Bridges, about 80 mi. west of Yellowstone Park, near the Beaver head and Big Hole rivers. Prime fishing territories I'm told cause I'm not a fisherman (my boys don't understand that) no patience. I'm a transplant from Ventura Cal.
My knowledge of electricity is nil. I just know that the machines (Industrial) have separate power switches from movement switches (forward & reverse) But remember a mistake should be looked at as a learning experience and apparently you used it wisely. So the clamp you made it a cleaner assembly sounds like. You'll be makin chips pretty quick now.
dickr
 
Hi, DickR.
Cold here today , as in -10*C. Getting some snow- about 2". Not a bad day at all.I should attach a picture of the clamp. It might be useful to someone else in a similar predicament. Guess it should go into the electrical section though or it will never be seen.

Al
 
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