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Thanks for the encouraging words, Peter! I'm pretty excited to learn how to make cylindrical stuff and create sawdust in a new and interesting way :D Anyhow, I didn't have a lot of time during the week to call up Charnwood, so I sent them an email in an evening. The next morning, I got a call...

Ok, looks like it's the board. I disconnected the motor - Bang. I popped in another fuse-holder I happened to have lying around. Bang. The switch was still buzzing and stayed on (electromagnetic), so seems like that's working. I'll give them a call again tomorrow, hopefully they'll replace...

Yeah, it was working fine on the first day. Was messing about for a couple of hours

Called up the Charnwood tech help line and spoke to a really nice chap (Dave, I think). Spoke through the issue, and he recommended a few tests - namely to disconnect the motor from the control board, replace the fuse and try again. If it pops, Then it's the control board, if not, it's likely...

After re-reading, You are right - I never mentioned it was new!

I found this forum while searching for solutions to an issue with a new lathe.. and couldn't stop reading! I bought a van a couple of years back - Ostensibly for work, but also for being able to load in my kayak and/or paddleboard for random beach trips. When the world closed down, I did the...

Oh of course, But not after a couple hours work. So, I've registered the Lathe on the Warranty part of Charnwoods site, and the Amazon seller advised me to call the technical help number - I did earlier, but the chap who I'd need to speak to wasn't in the office. I'll try again tomorrow...

Clogs - The F5A fuse was fine on day 1, I was lathing away for a couple of hours and it turned on each time with no issues. I did consider putting a regular, non fast-blowing 5 amp fuse in there (and popping a bigger fuse in has been mentioned elsewhere), but I figured that its an F fuse for a...

I bought a Charnwood W815 a few weeks back, and only got around to setting it up last weekend. All was working fine while I was carving up a new piece of wood, learning how to do it all... And it stopped. Turns out the F5A fuse on the control panel had blown, so I popped a new one in. The...