I bought a lathe which had been in part dismantled by the seller... getting it back together & working again has been quite a journey...the PCB was completely blown, no replacement available until late September (& costly at that!) so I hacked a different board to work in its place...thankfull it all works.
The replacement PCB has the facility for an 'inhibit' input - perfect to wire in the chuckguard switch onto. I've since done exactly that & it all works...ie when the switch is open, the lathe won't start, when I depress the switch it starts fine.
My problem is, that for the life of me, I can't see how this actual chuckguard switch can be activated - like I say it is the original but was lying loose in a box of parts...the screw holes are placed such that if I 'follow their lead', then there's no obvious 'cam' or protruding bit on the guard to activate the switch.
The lathe happens to be a Sieg C2 Model 300, but I understand that this is identical to the following lathes...
03911 Homier 7x12 Mini Lathe
33684 Harbor Freight 7x10 Mini Lathe
93212 Harbor Freight 7x10 Mini Lathe
5278 Cummins 7x12 Mini Lathe
82500 Micro-Mark 7x12 Mini Lathe
82710 Micro-Mark 7x14 Mini Lathe
G8688 Grizzly 7x12 Mini Lathe
(the list isn't meant to be exhaustive, I'm sure there must be others identical too.)
here's what my lathe looks like...
http://www.axminster.co.uk/product.a...sfile=1&jump=0 (if you click on the 'enlarge photograph with that link you can get some cloesups)
& here's a close of what I've got parts wise for the chuckguard switch...
http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/5535/switchb.jpg
(the switch is on the left - with the lever facing camera...it looks like it's meant to go into that housing below...but if it does, I can't see anything that would then activtae it...in fact no matter where I put it, I can't see will activate it!)
Would anyone with a similar lathe be so kind as to take a photo of the chuckguard switch assembly which might assist me figure out how this thing is meant to be mounted/activated.
Many thanks