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Just picked up an Enco 1236, date is 1990 and have some questions and problems.
Questions: (note first time lathe owner)
- Looking for a manual, haven't found one that looks like this lathe.
- Want to know what kind of oil I need and where are all the places to oil.
- Need to learn what all the knobs/levers do, some I know others not so sure.
When I picked it up it was running fine, he was just switching the level on the lower right of the carriage, up was one direction, down was the other direction, but once I have it at my place it doesn't do anything.
When I opened the electrical box on the side there looked to be like breakers and when I pressed one of the black buttons and the lathe started to run, pressed the other one and it ran the other direction. But the buttons didn't seem to be breakers as they wouldn't reset even if I removed power.
Thought it might be the switch that the carriage lever triggers, which I will call a barrel switch as one of the lifting straps I was using was pressing on some of the wires just below it, but taking the cover off all the wires looked fine.
I need to break out the volt meter and start to do some testing. But hoping someone here might point me in the right direction, or that problem is X.
Thanks for any help.
Questions: (note first time lathe owner)
- Looking for a manual, haven't found one that looks like this lathe.
- Want to know what kind of oil I need and where are all the places to oil.
- Need to learn what all the knobs/levers do, some I know others not so sure.
When I picked it up it was running fine, he was just switching the level on the lower right of the carriage, up was one direction, down was the other direction, but once I have it at my place it doesn't do anything.
When I opened the electrical box on the side there looked to be like breakers and when I pressed one of the black buttons and the lathe started to run, pressed the other one and it ran the other direction. But the buttons didn't seem to be breakers as they wouldn't reset even if I removed power.
Thought it might be the switch that the carriage lever triggers, which I will call a barrel switch as one of the lifting straps I was using was pressing on some of the wires just below it, but taking the cover off all the wires looked fine.
I need to break out the volt meter and start to do some testing. But hoping someone here might point me in the right direction, or that problem is X.
Thanks for any help.