Member postings for Paul Timothy

i have had a chat with an electrician and when he can get round once this lockdown is over he is going to have a look, I just thought that while im waiting I would try to see if anybody understood my problem and could offer any advice so that I can better understand. it may be the case that I have the whole workshop rewired so that I know its safe.... and as you say, I don't want to burn my house down. paul

if I cant get it sorted I might take you up on the offer although I really want to get it working properly again because im finding it really interesting.

Yes the lathe was working fine before, The milling machine wasn't running at the same time as the lathe so I really don't know why it blew, I managed to run another power supply to the milling machine and it all works perfectly, unfortunately the last owner of the machinery passed away, this machinery was used on a daily basis to build model railway engines, steam engines etc, the guy was an electrical engineer and has gone OTT on the electrics and fuses for everything, I have 4 consumer units one for the downstairs, one for the upstairs, one for the garage and one for the workshop, when the machinery blew it took out half the plugs and half the lighting in the workshop, I really haven't got a clue how it's been wired up.

Edited By Paul Timothy on 09/02/2021 18:36:26

The readout of the power converter when the coil switch is pushed read DCLO , I have worked out that the unit is not getting the required power to power up the unit fully, if a bypass the coil the converter fan runs continuous but I still have to manually activate the relay to allow the lathe to run, however it does not turn on or off via the switch or the brake at the bottom.

Ok yes sorry for got to mention, I'm In hornchurch Essex, it's a 3 phase Colchester bantham 600 lathe and a warco super major milling machine, I'm totally at l loss, I can get the lathe to work but only by holding the coil unit and the switch on the relay in at the same time so I'm presuming that one or both of them have blown. I'm sorry I am a total newbie to this field and have very limited electrical knowledge... In nearly at my wit's end and thinking it may be easier to scrap the lot.

Hello all I'm a new member looking for some advice, 6 months ago I acquired a Colchester lathe and also a milling machine in a house move, having no prior knowledge of either I was content to leave it in the workshop, read the instructions and slowly learn,I managed to learn how to turn the lathe on and go through the instructions and I was happy plodding along slowly learning unfortunately it didn't work out like that, a mate came round said " I used to use these" turned the power to the milling machine on and blew something, now neither work.... I'm hoping somebody here can help.