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Richmond Radial Drill wiring?
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<blockquote data-quote="rshipman" data-source="post: 194122" data-attributes="member: 13819"><p>Wow, thanks for all the replies!</p><p></p><p>Actually I was being completely daft. There is indeed an isolator attached to foot plate behind the pillar, with two cables coming out. One fits to coolant pump, other to 3-phase supply. A third loom goes up inside the pillar and connects to the main supply contact breaker (?) behind a panel in radial arm. So no fiddling with control box required, phew.</p><p></p><p>Well actually not quite. One of the contact breakers (?) in the control box buzzes loudly when spindle is switched on (both clockwise and anticlockwise). Time for another photo:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.icknieldforge.co.uk/richmondradialdrill_jbox02.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.icknieldforge.co.uk/richmondradialdrill_jbox02.jpg</a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.icknieldforge.co.uk/richmondradialdrill_jbox03.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.icknieldforge.co.uk/richmondradialdrill_jbox03.jpg</a></p><p></p><p>So the contact breaker in question is marked, and the second image shows a close-up of same.</p><p></p><p>So why does it buzz? I have had it apart to see if anything obvious shows up, but I couldn</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rshipman, post: 194122, member: 13819"] Wow, thanks for all the replies! Actually I was being completely daft. There is indeed an isolator attached to foot plate behind the pillar, with two cables coming out. One fits to coolant pump, other to 3-phase supply. A third loom goes up inside the pillar and connects to the main supply contact breaker (?) behind a panel in radial arm. So no fiddling with control box required, phew. Well actually not quite. One of the contact breakers (?) in the control box buzzes loudly when spindle is switched on (both clockwise and anticlockwise). Time for another photo: [URL="http://www.icknieldforge.co.uk/richmondradialdrill_jbox02.jpg"]http://www.icknieldforge.co.uk/richmondradialdrill_jbox02.jpg[/URL] [URL="http://www.icknieldforge.co.uk/richmondradialdrill_jbox03.jpg"]http://www.icknieldforge.co.uk/richmondradialdrill_jbox03.jpg[/URL] So the contact breaker in question is marked, and the second image shows a close-up of same. So why does it buzz? I have had it apart to see if anything obvious shows up, but I couldn [/QUOTE]
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