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Many thanks guys. Wired it just as you said and it popped right off! Pat, I will be looking for a new motor for this lathe, the old motor is not a foot mount and has a very sketchy mounting system. I just really wanted to see the machine run. Thank you, Paul

Thanks guys, I'll try that tonight. It's to darn hot in the shop right now.

Thanks, I'll try that. The lathe is an old Barnes 4 1/2. Treadle was taken off a long time ago. My 78 year old grandfather used this lathe when he was a boy. I'm just getting it back into shape... Regards, Paul

OK Going from the center post to bottom=1.4 center to top=1.5 top to bottom=it keeps changing I can't get an accurate reading.

Hard to read 110v 1/3hp Missing this plate Used in this

Give me a sec.

Unfortunately no colors! The motor is an old GE model I don't believe the the terminal is L3 I can only make out L1 L2. Wiring the switch does not bother me its the motor. I just can't seem to find ground.

Just like the title says Dumb. I am struggling to wire up an electric motor. This should be a nothing job but but my brain has just froze up. I have a 110v motor the plate is missing with the wiring diagram. I have a L1 L2 and possibly a L3 on the motor, and a 1 way switch that I have to...