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- Feb 8, 2021
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Was hoping to turn my first chips with this Logan Ward this afternoon. Its not looking like that is going to happen quite yet.
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I got her cleaned up earlier this year and have been waiting to have a table made. A friend of mine that is learning welding just dropped off the finished table a week ago. I promptly primed and painted it, mounted the lathe, had a laced belt made.....and then i was working on rewiring. Wiring is not my wheel house, but i thought i would give it a try. I wired it exactly as it was before i took it apart for shipping (never trust that the last guy did it right). She worked! but then i realized that the lathe was energized. So i wired it how i personally think it should be wired with a proper ground. At this point i was less confident in the original wires within the motor. They were brittle and cracked and the copper was work hardened. I did my best soldering and painted the wires with liquid tape, hoping that when i pushed them back in that they wouldn't crack and expose wire. I finished up. plugged her in, ran some tests, looked good and she ran. Shut her off. ran some tests and tried again... a "pop" sounded from the motor and tripped the breaker.
Opened up the motor, and sure enough there was an exposed wire where the old wiring flexed and cracked open. At this point i just uninstalled the motor and i am going to take it to an electrical motor repair shop and ask them if they would please re-run fresh wiring through it. I think i lack the confidence, knowledge and tools to properly take apart the motor.
Feel a little defeated at the moment, but i know its just a part of working with old machinery.
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I got her cleaned up earlier this year and have been waiting to have a table made. A friend of mine that is learning welding just dropped off the finished table a week ago. I promptly primed and painted it, mounted the lathe, had a laced belt made.....and then i was working on rewiring. Wiring is not my wheel house, but i thought i would give it a try. I wired it exactly as it was before i took it apart for shipping (never trust that the last guy did it right). She worked! but then i realized that the lathe was energized. So i wired it how i personally think it should be wired with a proper ground. At this point i was less confident in the original wires within the motor. They were brittle and cracked and the copper was work hardened. I did my best soldering and painted the wires with liquid tape, hoping that when i pushed them back in that they wouldn't crack and expose wire. I finished up. plugged her in, ran some tests, looked good and she ran. Shut her off. ran some tests and tried again... a "pop" sounded from the motor and tripped the breaker.
Opened up the motor, and sure enough there was an exposed wire where the old wiring flexed and cracked open. At this point i just uninstalled the motor and i am going to take it to an electrical motor repair shop and ask them if they would please re-run fresh wiring through it. I think i lack the confidence, knowledge and tools to properly take apart the motor.
Feel a little defeated at the moment, but i know its just a part of working with old machinery.