I set up my new HF 12x36 metal lathe tonight. It came pre-wired
except for the plug end. I added a plug end and tried to power up the
lathe but nothing happens.

There are 3 buttons and a light on the front of my lathe. A power
light which is always lit when the breaker is on. A reset button
which pops out when I twist it. a power button which does nothing when
I press it and an inch button which does nothing when I press it. If
I go into the power panel on the back of the lathe and manually press
the small black button on the third power relay the lathe kicks on and
runs fine. It then stops when I press the reset button. The little
black button pops back out, but when I press power, still nothing. I
am twisting the reset button before trying again.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Nick

I looked at the schematic and it's a simple enough circuit but it's REALLY
hard to read. :-(

I didn't see anything obvious except that you need to set the "Selector"
switch to either Forward or Reverse to get it to run. Setting it to the
center position cuts power to the relay you're manually activating. Once
that relay is on though it bypasses the Selector switch at a couple of
points that might let it run the way you're doing it but I can't be sure
from the messy schematic.

Best Regards,
Keith Marshall


"I'm not grown up enough to be so old!"


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I set up my new HF 12x36 metal lathe tonight. It came pre-wired
except for the plug end. I added a plug end and tried to power up the
lathe but nothing happens.

There are 3 buttons and a light on the front of my lathe. A power
light which is always lit when the breaker is on. A reset button
which pops out when I twist it. a power button which does nothing when
I press it and an inch button which does nothing when I press it. If
I go into the power panel on the back of the lathe and manually press
the small black button on the third power relay the lathe kicks on and
runs fine. It then stops when I press the reset button. The little
black button pops back out, but when I press power, still nothing. I
am twisting the reset button before trying again.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Nick

Problem solved. It helps when they give you the correct manaul. The
one they sent me was for a completely different lathe. I downloaded
the correct version and the lathe works fine.

(Nick) wrote in message . com...
I set up my new HF 12x36 metal lathe tonight. It came pre-wired
except for the plug end. I added a plug end and tried to power up the
lathe but nothing happens.

There are 3 buttons and a light on the front of my lathe. A power
light which is always lit when the breaker is on. A reset button
which pops out when I twist it. a power button which does nothing when
I press it and an inch button which does nothing when I press it. If
I go into the power panel on the back of the lathe and manually press
the small black button on the third power relay the lathe kicks on and
runs fine. It then stops when I press the reset button. The little
black button pops back out, but when I press power, still nothing. I
am twisting the reset button before trying again.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Nick