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Hello Thomas, some good advise from Graham, Trevorh, and Bob. Also ask the Sparky about the best way for you to wire your final circuits in the workshop. Any extra information is always useful.

Regards, Brian.

Edited By brian goldsmith on 27/05/2015 23:53:05

Hi Thomas,

You are getting a lot of advice all based on assumptions of the electrical characteristics of your supply, and of your knowledge of installing electrical circuits, and how you interpret the advise given. Two cables at a socket do not guarantee a ring it could be a double spur or a radial circuit. Just because you have wire fuses, ( BS3036 semi-enclosed fuses ) does not mean you have to replace the fuseboard, it depends on its condition and the condition of other things as well. An earth rod is a very vague description of what is required for Earthing an Electrical Installation, it and its connecting cable, and its resistance to earth must comply with British Standards, (BS 7671: 2008 (Seventeenth Edition) 3rd Amendment - 2015) to be safe. The best way is to get a Qualified Electrician to check what you have now and advise you on how to install what you require, and to check and Test it it when complete.

Regards,

Brian.

Neil,

I have put the photos in an album,

It is made from 12mm plate, 20mm electrical conduit, 21mm X 41mm unistrut. The feet are from a washing machine and are threaded into short bits of 40mm round bar. The studding is M12.

Brian.

Edited By brian goldsmith on 08/02/2015 21:45:56

Neil,
when I was aligning my mini lathe i found I could get the spindle set up parallel to the bed but it would not stay parallel for long. I bought it second hand and it was bolted to a 1.5 inch thick piece of mdf which I thought would give it some rigidity but I found that pushing down on opposite corners of the mdf base would result in the dti showing 0.005 to 0.010 inch deviations. Something more rigid was needed. I made a steel frame to mount it on, and now while aligning the lathe it can be lifted at one corner with no movement on the dti. in use it doesn't move on the bench.

I have three photos but need to find out how to put them in. When I put them in my post is 3000000 characters to long.

Brian.

hi dave,

usualy these starters are modular in design, contactor, start button, and overload with the stop button. they usualy use the same numbering system for the electrical conections. are there any numbers/letters on the terminals of the start stop switch? your diagramme does not appear to have an overload unit, what is the power rating of the motor?