Harrison conversion to single phase

[Richard]

I have a nice Harrison M300 lathe, which I have fitted a single phase motor to.

I'd like to use all the exisiting switchgear, brake, fwd/rev lever etc.

Looking at the schematics, the contactor coils appear to run from 110v which is derived from a small transformer. This transformer has different input taps but not one for 240v, so if I replace the transformer with a 240 to 110, I should be able to use the exisiting switchgear with the single phase motor?

I haven't look at motor reversing in detail yet, but I am assuming this will need some re-wiring of the fwd/rev contactors.



Anyone else done this?

Cheers!