I think I’ve got some Eaton or Allen-Bradley E-stop samples at work, if not I’ll grab one from Guillevin automation tomorrow. I’ll have it repaired by the end of the week.
For now the lathe is back in it’s factory configuration, with only the fwd-rev switch as a control:
Looks like neither we nor Guillevin have E-stops in enclosures like the one that broke. I’ve ordered one from Automation direct, should be here next week:
Yes, I know they exist, there are also plenty of cheap ones on amazon. I’m more than happy to pay for a decent quality switch that won’t break unexpectedly like the previous one did.
I should have read the previous messages more carefully before posting as I didn’t realize you had already ordered one. My bad. And yes, you are very correct, a decent quality switch is a better investment than a cheap one what would likely break in short order. If it were my machine I would definitely gone for a higher quality switch. I’ll crawl back under my rock now…
Hi All,
The E-stop arrived last Friday. My work is sending me to a mine in the interior for a few days this week so I may not get to installing it until this weekend.
Just a reminder that the Lathe does still work, just that the E-stop has been removed and only the fwd/rev switch remains. When I removed the old E-stop I returned the wiring to the factory configuration.
The enclosure one from AD ended up being too large to fit inside the gearbox. I ended up ordering a CSA/TÜV SÜD rated E-stop from RP electronics and using insulated ferrules instead of an enclosure.