well i finaly picked up a lathe . its in need of some repair .1st issue is the wiring seems a bit fooked. it trips the breaker in house as soon as its plugged in . theres some pretty messy wiring in a box on it .anyone know what that switch that looks like a lightswitch do ?.im presuming its some sort of a forward/reverse switch .should i try get an updated switch ?. i think its the problem with the tripping .

i presume ill have a fuck load of questions on lathes so ill keep it all in this thread :-).

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