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Got sorted as I thought the yellow wire linked into the blue out/N - the scary thing is that it seems no two lathes may have the same wiring colours - when they checked a machine on the shop floor there were no yellow wires or white 6 block connector must admit I was concerned with the routing of the wires from the speed controller to the back of the machine passing under a turning part. Bring back good old British engineering

Cheers Dave did ring but got a guy in spares who said that the Chinese wiring wasn’t colour coded and I need to trace the wires - luckily I was able to see it’s the safety screen micro switch- sent him an email with pics etc but thought I would ask on here - cheers

That was my thought and how I found the first loose brown wire - unfortunately there are no obvious loose screws or empty holes lol - the only but is the blue wire going into the spade connection on the circuit lard marker out\N when I pulled very gently on it it came out making me suspect the yellow wire was in this connection as well - considering all the other spade connectors have 2 wires makes this seem logical but I don’t want to risk connections the offending yellow wire and blow something- live in Northern Ireland so dont see warco coming to fix it even though it’s only 2 months old

wiring diagram is apparently not for the brushless motor and hasnt been updated  - apparent in china they dont wire using colour codes !!!! i will post pic

Edited By Gavin Mclean on 08/06/2020 19:13:03

Edited By Gavin Mclean on 08/06/2020 19:16:36

Edited By Gavin Mclean on 08/06/2020 19:16:55

re wire issue - see photos and diagram which may help
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> The white 6 block connector has 2 black wires which seem to come from the safety screen micro switch and connect to 2 yellow wires one of which goes to the circuit board and connects via a spade connector with a brown wire which seem to go to be connected to a spade connection saying out/L Which is beside a Connection which has a vacant connector which says out/E the second yellow wire has detached and I cannot see where it was connected to - Looked at wiring again and on the circuit board beside the empty Spade connection saying out/E there is a connector saying out/N which has a blue wire connected via a spade connector but it is very very loose and I believe the hanging yellow wire may connect here can anyone confirm the safety screen cutoff micro switch would be wired to the out\L and the second wire to a out/N

Sorry its a 6 block connector 6 in 6 out

Hi all bit of help - lathe had stopped working - traced it to a loose brown wire going into a white 8 block connector at the back - fixed that - but it again came loose so again reattached it only to find a yellow wire coming out of the same block had detached and I cannot see where it goes/connects to it seems to be the continuation of the black wires from the micro switch that controls the cut off when you lift the protection screen - I can see one of the yellow wires coming out of the block joins into a circuit board but the other is free hanging - any help? If you are looking at the block there are two blacks wires that are connected to yellow wires and it is the second yellow wire in that has disconnected

Hi all - wm250 would not power on at all found a lose brown wire at back and reconnected put all back together and powered on but whilst the Rev counter illuminated the lathe did not turn when turning the knob - I see above it may be a fuse but for the life of me I cannot find it can anyone take a photo or describe where the fuse is located ta

this is the fork cap - thanks all for the replies

Hi guys - son is using a warco 240 lathe to make motorcycle fork nut caps - is there a quicker way to make a large internal rather than using the boring tool and taking 0.3 mm cuts from the centre - not sure how else to describe this - one is a 47 mm internal and the other a 30mm wide and around 10mm deep

Cheers guys I agree can’t fault their generous offer - journeyman I will have a good read of your site - looks very informative cheers all

Issue identified- they forgot to change the lathe bed to accept the mill head - they have offered to provide mill bed FOC which I have agreed

Issue identified- they forgot to change the lathe bed to accept the mill head - they have offered to provide mill bed FOC which I have agreed

Hi all - complete novice here - bought a warco wm250 lathe with the milling head attachment - purchased as my son is doing an engineering course in tech - lathe and mill delivered today but for the life of me I cannot see how the mill is meant to attach to the lathe - can’t see any mounting points etc etc - anyone got one of these can give advice or pictures. thanks in advance - just as extra info I got them to install DRO for me not sure if that would have any bearing - cheers