The plate that I scanned & posted covered a small "wiring box" on the motor-inside the box there were 4 short wires from the motor that were connected individually to the red, black, green, yellow wires that came out of that "wiring box" inside a single sheath. I didn't take a photo of the Eaton switch because there is really nothing to be gained from that-there is no cover over the switch terminals and there is no way to take apart the switch.
#Atlas lathe dc motor manual#
There are 4 wires coming from the motor (black, yellow, red, green)-the lathe manual does not help much but has a simple diagram showing the 4 color leads above along with a 1 and 2 "lead" and does say in order to reverse motor, to interchange 1 and 2, but again there are only 4 conductors in the insulated sheath coming from the motor.Īny help to get things wired correctly would be appreciated. My assumption is something is not wired correctly since the lathe will only turn in one direction regardless of the position of the Eaton switch. The Eaton switch tests good I called Eaton and they couldn't find any specs on their switch. The lathe works but in only one direction. A wire connected the Eaton switch to the on-off switch. When I bought the lathe, it was wired to a simple-2 contacts- on/off switch along with an Eaton (USA 9344, 5A/600 VAC) switch that has 6 screw terminal contacts.
It has an Atlas motor # 38-J3-3100-2 1/3 HP single phase 115-230 volts (I need to use 115 volts) 1725 RPM 5.6 amps.