Yeah Andy the motor is definitely single phase. The wiring from the contactor to the selector switch appears as though its never been touched, and the way it was wired only allowed the chuck to operate Anti clockwise which ever way you had the selector switch it still ran counter clockwise. I didn't...

Morning Gents. Andy Thanks for that description, obviously I am a novice with this, and I don't really want to scrap it. The collet as I described on the feed shaft, I now totally understand what that is meant to do, I didn't realise that this was an adjustable piece of kit and after reading your de...

Right I ran the lathe over the weekend and when I selected auto traverse longitudinally it worked ok for a few seconds, then I noticed the lower spindle under the leadscrew, the one with a slot running lengthwise, the collet mounted on this spindle which sits adjacent to the gearbox was moving in an...

Thanks Old Boy It sounds like mine could have had a similar fate. I am going to give it a good looking at this weekend, I have downloaded all the drawings off here to try and help me decipher where the problem lies. I notice from the drawings that the half nuts on the drive shaft have a spring to ho...

Pete
Thanks for that, I have PM'd you a response, but thanks again
Steve

No joy with Insurance or anything like that, the couriers who trade through shiply are all independent and as such you have little or no comeback. I'm just going to have to sort it myself, I will try and strip it down this weekend to see if the saddle does slide freely as you recommend, hopefully it...

Hello I'm new to the forum but need some advice. I recently purchased a Denford Viceroy TDS1/2 pcs Lathe from Ebay, but unfortunately for me I entrusted the delivery to Shiply. I wont bore you with the long story but they managed to drop the lathe on its front, this has cracked and distorted the end...

Hello I'm new to the forum but need some advice. I recently purchased a Viceroy Lathe from Ebay, but unfortunately for me I entrusted the delivery to Shiply. I wont bore you with the long story but they managed to drop the lathe on its front, this has cracked and distorted the end panel which I have...