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Contactors are pretty standard and aren't all that expensive.
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Tips/Techniques HOUSE OF TOOLS LD 1236G
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Tips/Techniques
Contactors are pretty standard and aren't all that expensive.
MooseMeat
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Contactor update;
As mentioned above the lathe would take its sweet time shutting off in fwd, sometimes it was instant but most of the time it was in "danger mode" and not shut off immediately. I pulled the forward contactor as seen in the picture, sanded and cleaned them with contact cleaner and now three days later after loosing my mind on the wiring it is all back to normal and shuts off as it should.
A note to the wise, take a shite ton of pictures, if your like me and think electrical is one of those "dark arts" that is best left to the Wizards. I would even go as far as to colour mark some wires, I had an issue with the contractor jumper for the magnets to energize and it was extremely frustrating, I ended up zooming in on one lead (two days later) in my pictures and realized it was in the wrong place. I was also not able to find the proper wiring diagram anywhere, now if the contractors do really "pooch" in the future I have a bit of a clue, as I guarantee I will not be able to get replacements of the same.
If you're careful you can clean them quite easily, mine had metal clips on the sides to open the contactor housing.
As mentioned above the lathe would take its sweet time shutting off in fwd, sometimes it was instant but most of the time it was in "danger mode" and not shut off immediately. I pulled the forward contactor as seen in the picture, sanded and cleaned them with contact cleaner and now three days later after loosing my mind on the wiring it is all back to normal and shuts off as it should.
A note to the wise, take a shite ton of pictures, if your like me and think electrical is one of those "dark arts" that is best left to the Wizards. I would even go as far as to colour mark some wires, I had an issue with the contractor jumper for the magnets to energize and it was extremely frustrating, I ended up zooming in on one lead (two days later) in my pictures and realized it was in the wrong place. I was also not able to find the proper wiring diagram anywhere, now if the contractors do really "pooch" in the future I have a bit of a clue, as I guarantee I will not be able to get replacements of the same.
If you're careful you can clean them quite easily, mine had metal clips on the sides to open the contactor housing.
Attachments
I am an electronics guy and yet I still use letter and number wire labels. Easy to make notes and positioned properly, also easy to take pictures.
Gardner Bender 42-035 Wire Marker Booklet, A-Z, 1-90, and Symbols, [Booklet Contains: 1-15 (6/Ea), 16-90 (4/Ea), A-Z (2/Ea), Symbols (2/Ea)] https://a.co/d/9QYUuep
You are lucky you didn't let any magic smoke loose.
MooseMeat
Active Member
OH, I intentionally left that part out trust me on that, it had a 3 amp fuse, replaced three times and blew the panel breaker twice, arched out the extension plug once, STOP LAUGHING, , it sounds more dramatic than it was, oh, and the breaker attached to the right side of the bottom contactor holds residual energy, got a little tingly twice, STOP LAUGHING.
On a good note I was wearing rubber boots,,,,,,,,,,,,
140mower
Don
..... sorry, can't stop laughing.....you learn faster than I do ..
MooseMeat
Active Member
YAH THE HARD WAY..... sorry, can't stop laughing.....you learn faster than I do ..
I can't, I've done it a few times myself so I feel your pain. It's so good to be alive to laugh at your self with others.
This is not possible.......
My mind sees curly hair and eyebrows and the laughter can't be contained....
Sorry about that.
Ya, get some letter labels.
Edit - Even funnier is all the guys who had the exact same response as I did. Ain't happening.
MooseMeat
Active Member
I have a labeler too, I was too involved in loosing my mind to even think about it...
Works well on hydraulic fittings for stuff like a backhoe SCV control body. Sometimes I think it's worse then electrical panels......
MooseMeat
Active Member
Its been a while since I've been on this site, yes the first thing I did was put a QCTP on it, thank you. I have been researching VFD's but as long as the contractors still work I'll leave it alone and work on learning without loosing a finger or an eye,Looking good! my only suggestion would be too move the lathe out from the wall on the tailstock end to allow easier install/remove of the tailstock .
As far as inserts maybe post a picture of the lathe tools you have maybe give a better idea of what will be most commonly used but this is a start the tool is sometimes task specific but the inserts' can be the same or different.
A QCTP maybe something you want to look at if you get tired of swapping in tools into the 4 way post.
Lathe Cutting Tools - A Guide to Lathe machine Tools with PDF
Lathe cutting tools are used to perform different operations in lathe. The tools are Turning tool, Chamfering tool, Boring tool, thread cutting tool etc.www.theengineerspost.com
Downwindtracker2
Super User
One of the two industrial electricians that I have worked with that I actually liked gave me an almost full Thomas&Betts E-Z-Code pocket pack wire markers . I guess they aged out as don't stick too well. Instead while reading about wiring on Practical Machinist, a couple of electrical techs said that they use a Brother labeller . My wife had given me one from Staples to help with my organizing my little drawers . The cartridges are expensive though. It's much neater than my masking tape and felt tip.
I'm on my never ending VFD install attempt. This time I'll be using the labeller. Before pulling the old one out, I tagged the wires with my masking tape and made three pages of lists . There was no guarantee the wiring was correct, since I did it.
I'm on my never ending VFD install attempt. This time I'll be using the labeller. Before pulling the old one out, I tagged the wires with my masking tape and made three pages of lists . There was no guarantee the wiring was correct, since I did it.
I bought a Brother P-Touch Labeller a few months ago. It can handle shrink wrap labels for wiring. Very happy with it.
