Member postings for John Bromley

Thanks for all the the input guys, I will pick up some 3 core cable at the weekend. My brother in law is coming over Saturday, He's a lift engineer, so I might ask him to watch me wire this thing up so I don't burn the place down.

I have still to get to grips with my new to me Boxford lathe yet, but I really would like the Myford a little safer to use.

Switching the Myford on and off at the socket was dodgy enough. Since getting the Boxford it has now been moved away from the wall socket so definitely not a safe proposition. Proper start stop buttons will be much nicer.

I'll report back in a few days.

Thanks again. JB

Thanks for the replies. There seems to be a lot of conflicting advice and I'm still not that confident. The unit I have is a Series 6 Model 426 ADS, it is identical to this one. It seems It will do the job if installed correctly. Although the makers plate says 2-4 amps the units adjuster appears to start at 0. So It may offer the overload protection my motor requires.

If I cut the lead going to the motor and put the (plug end)Brown to L1 and Blue to L3 then (motor end)Brown from A to motor and Blue from C to motor, that will work and be safe?

There is no earth wire from the plug it's just a Brown and Blue cable.

That's fine Bill, glad I could conjure up some memories.

John

Hi Chaps.

As a complete newbie to lathe work and model engineering I am having a few difficulties as expected. I hope to pick up some hints and tips on good practice from the more established engineers here abouts.

My current problem is wiring up a start/stop switch. I managed to pick up an old MEM Auto-Memota switch. It says on the label 240v 50~ and 2-4 Amps. So I assume it will be ok to use with the 240v 1.5 amp motor on my lathe(Myford Drummond).

Currently it is wired directly to a 13amp plug that I've never been happy about.

Can someone give me some advice on connecting up the switch. The terminals are marked L1 L2 L3 on one side and A B C on the other.

I can wire up a plug and lights but this has me stumped.

John