Hello,
First time poster here, I've searched here and on Google and can't find any suggestions to help me troubleshoot my problem.
I've turned, albeit infrequently, for a few years now. I own the lathe in the subject and it's just short of a year old. I've turned a couple of bowls on it and used it yesterday to start a table lamp base, I'd say it's had less than ten hours use in total.
Yesterday I set up a nice piece of Eucalyptus that I'd been given a couple of years ago and rounded it off and put a tenon on it ready to remount. I'd just about finished the tenon, switched it off to measure it and it wouldn't restart. All this had been done at slow speed, starting at ~ 250, going up to ~ 450rpm.
I have power to the socket, I've checked the fuse and the power lead and I have power at the end of the lead. I hear the contactor clicking in when I press start but there's no other sign of life and the speed display remains off. I checked the carbon brush on the front side of the motor and as expected it barely shows any sign of wear, I'd need to move the lathe to check the one on the back so I haven't done this yet but will do it needed.
I just wanted to check with the knowledgeable folks here if there's anything else I can check before calling Axminster support. I'm disappointed as I thought I'd get the chance to do more turning with the current lockdown, but reassured by the fact that my searches bring up almost nothing related to problems with this lathe.
Cheers
Ian
First time poster here, I've searched here and on Google and can't find any suggestions to help me troubleshoot my problem.
I've turned, albeit infrequently, for a few years now. I own the lathe in the subject and it's just short of a year old. I've turned a couple of bowls on it and used it yesterday to start a table lamp base, I'd say it's had less than ten hours use in total.
Yesterday I set up a nice piece of Eucalyptus that I'd been given a couple of years ago and rounded it off and put a tenon on it ready to remount. I'd just about finished the tenon, switched it off to measure it and it wouldn't restart. All this had been done at slow speed, starting at ~ 250, going up to ~ 450rpm.
I have power to the socket, I've checked the fuse and the power lead and I have power at the end of the lead. I hear the contactor clicking in when I press start but there's no other sign of life and the speed display remains off. I checked the carbon brush on the front side of the motor and as expected it barely shows any sign of wear, I'd need to move the lathe to check the one on the back so I haven't done this yet but will do it needed.
I just wanted to check with the knowledgeable folks here if there's anything else I can check before calling Axminster support. I'm disappointed as I thought I'd get the chance to do more turning with the current lockdown, but reassured by the fact that my searches bring up almost nothing related to problems with this lathe.
Cheers
Ian