Electra Beckum HC260 C (follow on post)

[flintandsteel]

This is a follow on post and deals with the donor machine I bought for parts.
I would though still like to have it running as it may be of use to someone else.

The switch box differs from other models I've looked at and I can't find anything referring to the 3 position switch.

Electrically it's fairly simple. No obvious on board fuses to replace. 3 position rotary switch. Solenoid operated start / stop switch and 3 limit type switches. SW1 activated on fixing in place the infeed table. SW2 operated on locking in the Outfeed table. SW3 operated on raised or lowered dust chute. Is the motor a brush or induction type?

It strikes me there may be a safety sequence involved here in so much as the rotary switch must be set in relation to proposed usage at the time and the infeed table in place. Can someone confirm or explain it.

It didn't run when I bought it. There is power to the switch box but no reaction on pressing the start button. On my table saw I can feel the solenoid engaging. It has been stood about a year.

Pictures in no particular order.

 

[Woody2Shoes]

Hi, I have a younger brother of yours.

The motor on mine is an induction motor with a start/run capacitor (permanently in-circuit).

The threeway switch (as illustrated by the small and slightly inscrutable graphics adjacent to it) is thicknesser/off/planer - or the other way round! Depending on the mode chosen by the switch, the various safety interlock switches have different purposes:

- In planer mode, there is a switch to detect that the infeed table is attached and that the plastic chip funnel is in position underneath and that the thicknessing table is raised to grip it tightly in position.

- In thicknesser mode, I assume the infeed table detector switch is ignored (but the infeed table should obviously(?) be removed) and I assume the chip funnel detector switch is probably ignored too. as this is now mounted on top.

A few tests with a continuity tester should help you work out whether the problem lies with the NVR switch, the motor, or the safety switches and their associated wiring - if you're not sure, better to asksomeone who is!

Cheers, W2S

PS I think you may have misidentified the "outfeed table" switch - this is actuated when the fixed part of the chip collector is swung up on top of the machine when in thicknesser mode. The outfeed table stays attached once you've initially assembled the machine. Here's a rather poor video whic shows the thing being assembled/used. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkZCaWaJDrk

 

[flintandsteel]

Thank you for going through that for me.
So theoretically if I get the settings all right, it may come back to life.
The seller was very surprised when it didn't run so perhaps it was simply a setting out.
Is the cap on yours motor mounted? I've not had the motor off yet so may find one lurking there.

 

[Woody2Shoes]

The cap on mine is motor-mounted. IME when the cap fails on such a motor, the motor makes some kind of humming/buzzing sound with or without associated movement. Cheers, W2S

 

[flintandsteel]

It lives
Mechanically fine excepting blunt blades, a stretched belt and no crank handle.

Thank you so much