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I recently was given my first ShopSmith, an ER10. I was given it in pieces and am now putting it back together, but the wires from the switch were disconnected from the motor and I am not sure how to reconnect them. When I opened up the cover plate I saw this:



The bolts to the left of the picture already have wires held between nuts which head into the motor, but they also each have an extra nut on them that could be used to connect an additional wire. The bolts on the right have no wires connected and each have a pair of nuts which could be used to attach a connector. My electrical knowledge is virtually nill. I tried to open the motor see where everything connected, but despite removing four carriage bolts running through it I was unable to get the ends off. Maybe I just need a bigger hammer? As tempting as it is to try running current through random pieces of metal to see if it works, knowing that the ER10 is ungrounded I am... hesitant.

Could anyone provide me with a good guess for the wires or advice for proceeding? The motor is a 115V GE if it makes any difference.

[quote="Eric"Shop"Smith"]I recently was given my first ShopSmith, an ER10. I was given it in pieces and am now putting it back together, but the wires from the switch were disconnected from the motor and I am not sure how to reconnect them. When I opened up the cover plate I saw this:



The bolts to the left of the picture already have wires held between nuts which head into the motor, but they also each have an extra nut on them that could be used to connect an additional wire. The bolts on the right have no wires connected and each have a pair of nuts which could be used to attach a connector. My electrical knowledge is virtually nill. I tried to open the motor see where everything connected, but despite removing four carriage bolts running through it I was unable to get the ends off. Maybe I just need a bigger hammer? As tempting as it is to try running current through random pieces of metal to see if it works, knowing that the ER10 is ungrounded I am... hesitant.

Could anyone provide me with a good guess for the wires or advice for proceeding? The motor is a 115V GE if it makes any difference.[/quote]

A couple of the ER folks will have you all connected soon, I am sure. If I was there I would make a guess but since I am not, I'll just wait to see.

Good luck. No, luck is not necessary. The forum doesn't run on luck, just skill and cunning!

Check out posts 394 through 415 of this thread:

http://www.shopsmith.net/forums/showthr ... 03&page=10

Specifically, post 415 has a picture that might help:

http://www.shopsmith.net/forums/showpos ... tcount=415

Thank you very much. I thought those were the pegs that I needed. I had been reading through that section of the restoration thread, but I stopped just one or two posts before #415 and the critical picture. I've been hoping to get this thing running at least once before electrocuting myself. I appreciate your help in reaching that goal.

Seriously, though, following some of these suggestions for adequate grounding and strain relief is near the top of my to-do list.

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I am just getting acquainted with this website as a ShopSmith owner. I have a model ER. Is the ER-10 a newer or older model?

Whoops, I got my terminology backwards. The first ShopSmith models were called 10 E and 10 ER, not ER10. A bit more information here and here.

notesbyrich wrote:I am just getting acquainted with this website as a ShopSmith owner. I have a model ER. Is the ER-10 a newer or older model?

First model was a 10E, followed by model 10ER of which there are variations.

JPG40504 wrote:First model was a 10E, followed by model 10ER of which there are variations.

More like an evolution!