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Lathe received with the 4 prong in place without the thread protector!! Quite some elbow grease to get it out.

Thanks. My wife says I'm blind, and I guess it must be true!

I am trying to find out what morse taper one of the older blue record CL2 lathes uses on the tailstock. I have the instructions but doesn't state it there. Does anyone know this off hand?

OK. So the DOL components won't fit in the old box, so you are talking about a new box. So do you mean running wires to and from the new to the old box to connect up the brake?

I don't know, but he is definitive he has found the fault.

Sure, but, I think Sideways suggested this as a method of getting the saw working allowing fault finding with the brake, thay being where he suspected the fault may be. Fitting a new DOL would get the saw working, but would leave the saw without a brake, which isn't ideal, which the industrial...

I am not sure. Something about the start/reset not lining up in any of the model versions. I presume he means the overload relay? Though it is the same thing Crompton said too?

Thanks again for the assistance. I took the advice offered and managed to get an industrial electrician to visit. He identified the fault as the contactor, and one of the phases remaining open. He says he can't source a replacement through his typical suppliers and will need to search the...

Thanks. Does it matter which phases feed the break card?

Th Thanks for all your comments. Thanks too for the concern for safety. I appreciate this as I have had 2 mains shocks and I wouldn't want anything worse! One not my fault, working on a building job as a 17yo removing an old built in bookshelf which I'd lifted heaved up, and slapped my hand...

This is the circuit diagram, which was tucked inside the starter, on the left hand side, between the inside of the casing and the Contactor and Overload. I am not sure if the burn marks on the diagram might offer any clues?!

Dear uk workshop friends, I am seeking some advice on getting my saw up and running. Its a TA450 Sedgwick 3 phase saw which was seen working before purchase. After transport, it has sat in the workshop for a few months awaiting rewiring of the old 3 phase wiring (which needed replaced as it was...

Thanks again Yojevol. I am finding a few labelled as HC60 saying they are equivalent to record HC260. Is this the same machine?

Thank you Yojevol and all of you for your responses, which are helpful. Can I ask, the HC260 type machines seems to come from a number of different companies. Is this just a branding, or do these have different builds and quality. What sort of money would you be looking to obtain a second hand...

So I am a relatively beginner hobby woodworker in the little spare time from full time work and family with 2 kids, and up until the summer I was only able to do things in the house with hand tools, moving from room to room as and when dust escaped and provoked marital stress. Since the autumn...