I have a PM 3520B that is 7 years old with only light usage. Never a problem until a few days ago. I hadn’t used the lathe in about 2 months. Mounted a bowl turned the speed dial down and pulled the start knob. Nothing! No noise, dead silence, not even a click. Turned the speed dial, spun by hand, nothing. Obvious that juice was at machine since the speed display was on and worked when I hand spun.
pulled the plug and received a couple of switch-like clicks. Measured the voltage, 121 each leg. Plugged it back in, got a couple of clicks and the lathe has run fine since.
Has anyone had this happen to them? Any idea what happened and most importantly is this a harbinger of problems to come?