Edward, glad to see you are turning without problems. I have not had any problems using my lathe this way. Using the start/stop I had the RPM display randomly go dark. I could hit the E-dstop and it would return to normal. However I rarely use the display other than it is a power on indicator. Laguna has sent me a new display, but haven't had a chance to install it. Your loss of power is what has me stumped and admittedly know not near enough about EMI. I suspect there may be a component tolerance overlap that is not letting the display to initialize using the start stop during use.
Regarding the Laguna 24-36 Don Davis had problems with posted by John Jordan. Yes, he did sell it. He sold it to an industrial electrician who found a loose connection in the VFD. The electrician redid the connection and the Lathe was fine. Mr. Davis purchased a Vicmarc lathe and experienced the same loss of power. He took the spindle apart and found that Vicmarc forgot to install the spindle key.
My Laguna 18-36 has done everything I have needed. From my contact Laguna CS has been outstanding, that doesn't mean I won't look at the Robust, Powermatic, and other lathe mfgs. at the symposium and may even buy a new lathe, but the Laguna has made that decision difficult.
Last edited by William C Rogers; 04-30-2019 at 11:41 AM.
When working I had more money than time. In retirement I have more time than money. Love the time, miss the money.