Hi all...my first post to this forum. Been reading it for a few months now. Little back ground on me...I have no machinest back ground but have an interest in it. I retired last year and have since picked up a 13 inch 6 foot SB lathe, went through it, also a Bridgeport mill and also went through it. I was really not looking for the mill it just came up locally so I bought it.
To my question. The same place I got the mill also had an Oliver 300HD Ace so I took it also, although I know very little about them. it has this Allen Bradley box on it and I would like to remove it, it was set up for 460V and is proving to be a pain to get changed over to 230V. I can’t get the motor running putting power through the box. I have been talking to the people at Oliver, very good and helpful people by the way, but have not had any luck getting it running. I ask them if I could just put a forward reverse switch on it, like a Bridgeport has, but they don’t like the idea. So, out of frustration, today I ran a wire from the 300 motor to the Bridgeport switch, I unhooked the bridgeport motor so it can not run. I can run the 300 in both forward and reverse using the Bridgeport switch. My question is...what problems will I have if I get a Bridgeport F/R switch and run it that way by-passing the Allen Bradley completely?
To my question. The same place I got the mill also had an Oliver 300HD Ace so I took it also, although I know very little about them. it has this Allen Bradley box on it and I would like to remove it, it was set up for 460V and is proving to be a pain to get changed over to 230V. I can’t get the motor running putting power through the box. I have been talking to the people at Oliver, very good and helpful people by the way, but have not had any luck getting it running. I ask them if I could just put a forward reverse switch on it, like a Bridgeport has, but they don’t like the idea. So, out of frustration, today I ran a wire from the 300 motor to the Bridgeport switch, I unhooked the bridgeport motor so it can not run. I can run the 300 in both forward and reverse using the Bridgeport switch. My question is...what problems will I have if I get a Bridgeport F/R switch and run it that way by-passing the Allen Bradley completely?