Morning all,

My SX2P was bought new from ARCeurotrade in May this year (I'm it's second owner) so I'm guessing it's a relatively new model/version. It has an aftermarket tacho kit which is powered by 9v battery that I'd like to eliminate.

Does anyone have a detailed elec' drawing for the mill? I was hoping to find somewhere to "borrow" a DC supply from, to replace the 9v battery. According to the info on the tacho and sensor, between 8 and 24vdc will do.

I also want to fit a reverse switch. This seems very simple – there is an unused 3 pin header on the potentiometer board which gives forward/reverse when either pin 1 or 3 is shorted to pin 2.

A bloke in the USA has a vid on YouTube demonstrating this in action but has anyone on here done it without ill effects?

Thanks

Gareth

Sorry for the awful link

Thanks John, both for the link and the "how to link".

I'll order one.

Cheers

Reverse would mainly be for tapping.

Also, I have a nice little fly cutter that I made years ago and have never used as I cocked-up and made it to run the wrong way and accept a right hand tool, rather than left.

I sometimes use a Bridgeport at work and have found reverse useful many times.

Cheers Harry,

I've just spent a couple of hours stripping the guts from an old modem power supply. It's 12dc out so I found room in the main box, behind the collumn and fitted it in there, taking a 240v supply from the output of the mill's mains filter.

Rooted the 12v wires through the flexi conduit and into the tacho and job's a goodun'.

I've also wired in a button to the reverse and it works a treat. Just need the spiral flute taps that I've ordered to arrive and I can look for excuses to power-tap things.

Thanks to all who've answered.

Gareth

Thanks Neil. Great pointer. I glanced at the vid and it looks really interesting. He's got lots of other good stuff on his channel too. There's a section on fitting a DRO to the SX2P which is also on my list.

I'll have a better look ASAP.

Cheers

Thanks Jason. I won't push my luck.

Thanks Geoff.

I've made my reverse a momentary push-button .

i.e. I have to keep my finger on it for it to run in reverse

I was worried about leaving it in reverse and forgetting then swiftly ruining a cutter, the next time I used the machine.