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Single or 3 phase? I'm of the opinion of buying something that would last 30 years is the best policy. Buy cheap, buy twice. But again, I'm wadkin buyest.

Good idea for sporadic movement, but in this case I reckon it would probably be a few times a quarter? No door just one big garage door at the front with other kit on the back of it... Neither would I hence the rail idea... rail it out, rail it in? Kit's already bought, what started as a hunt...

So, I'm in the process of converting my garage into a workshop, For context it's 5m by 3.6m, I have a whole bunch of kit which I plan to put in there with a plan to contruct another "temperary" outhouse next year where I'll put more kit. One piece of said kit is a 24" Wadkin RM. Now if I'm...

Many thanks @nickds1, It is dually sitting on top of the jointer waiting for some peaceful time for me to put everything back together. Its going to take a while given that I'm in the middle of a domestic 3 phase installation, so at the moment I'm property looks like a building site :) I will...

Thanking you!

@ScottyT, Question from the Mrs... It would seem she fell in love with the colours used in the machine... Any hints as to what was used where? Have a feeling we'll be following suit with ours. Thanking you Sir.

I can't wait to open up my Wadkins, I doubt I'll see such detailed control pannels. But yeah... with great safety comes great complexity.

Apologies for the lack of traction here, work, garage prep et al got in the way. Hopefully I can get some cabling done tomorrow and send the board off to @nickds1 shortly.

@nickds1 thank you ever so much for the offer, I'll get in touch via DM... :) Push comes to shove, I'll just revert back to the hard wire solution. I think you and I are going to be friend... Welcome fellow audiophile! In the next few year I'll be dewelving back into that world. For now, I'll...

Back of the board... Please let me know if you want finer detail on any particular picture.

As promised, Pictures from the PCB. I tried to get the best of connection, I'm getting some wire labels so I can map them out better and then take pictures, but thought I'd post this first.

Hi @Sideways, thank you for the advice, Looks nice and cheap... @Sideways/@Spectric, Would this be a good alternative? RS PRO DOL Starter, DOL, 2.2 kW, 240 V ac, 1 Phase, IP55 The above options (RS) would potentially not need any adjustments? I saw this, this motor has 3 contacts/wires...

This will take time and more pictures, but it can be arranged. Thank you for the help 😊 Yes, it beens tested with 2 different capacitors from new and also, when I hard wired it directly to the mains it started and when chaged the poles it started in the other direction. Both indicating good...

@deema, No else but me and my wife will be using this machine and quite frankly it's a stop gap for me to board up the garage walls with pallet wood, once the garage is up and running I have the Wadkin RM big boy to take over. Although potentially it might come in for small jobs. If I can fix...

I have the original manual, no indication of the ciruit or PCB information. If I hard wire this thing with a PCB, what can realistically go wrong?

Thanking you Sir, I'll dive into this thread.

@Sideways , This made me laugh, luddite approuch 😊 Any recommendation on the DOL? Agreed.

@deema , Would this hold true if there's components on the PCB that are blown? And also, if this is the only function of the PCB, why does one need it? I know breaking is needed, but again, this machine isn't getting sold. I'll try this if I get a chance this week. Any position? I'll try and...

All, Let me dial with this... And then I'll give all my time to this... Have to fix this as part of my wadkin(s) project... Roof getting replaced soon 😎 Bear with me... 😊

Is this inside the motor itself? (sounds mechanical, so I would assume so) This is so far out of my knowledge bank it feels like rocket science... Could you kindly expand on this? Think of me as 5 year old 🤣