Ralph,
.
Good to hear you found something.
.
The brush rides inside a square tube
made of plastic, or bakelite, or some other non-conductive
material.?
It is possible the inner edge of that
tube has broken, allowing the brush to move/shift, causing that
uneven wear you are describing.
.
Get a flash light or something else
suitable and look inside the motor and compare the 2 brush mounts
to see if you can determine why the one brush wore in that manner.
Perhaps the brush is slightly smaller
than the other and wiggles more in the mounting.
Trade them back and forth and see if
you can identify something different from one, to the other.
.
Good Luck
John
On 6/30/2024 8:37 PM, Ralph Hulslander
wrote:
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Progress!! I turned the lathe around, I was
surprised?how heavy the lathe is.
I removed the shield, and the motor cover.
I also removed the control panel from the front so that I
could inspect the brush on the front.
The brush on the front looks?great, there is still 3/4" of
brush and the wear surface has a nice concave face.
It looks like only the top 1/16th of the brush could have
contact,?but there was no sign of contact wear..
The lower part of the brush had a crud accumulation and
there was no contact wear.
I could flatten the face.Should I do more than that?
I possible could make a triangle on the face, but not sure
how.
Ralph
On Sun, Jun 30, 2024 at
4:26?PM davesmith1800 via <davesmith1=
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wrote:
I
have found the bug problem with magnetic starters. They are
pain but to find and get too.?
Dave?
On Fri, Jun 28, 2024 at 01:00 PM, Ralph Hulslander wrote:
My.motor.is.behaving.badly. How.do. I inspect the
motor? Do I just flip it on its side to get to the? motor?
