Er...in short no,
cos I believe they are 110V DC motors. They won't like our mains very much Chris.
Ahh sure sure!
I don`t really need to get tangled in this topic but I`m curious as this is my lathe should I ever get in the situation.... so your saying that if you hooked our 240v mains to an variable autotransformer, step down the voltage to 120v and simply directly connect to motor?
Am I right in saying that this would just run the motor at a constant speed (top speed at 120v) and therefore could you incorperate a pot someone to adjust speed? and a Safety stop?
Anyway, seems a heck of a lot easier way than hacking a tread mill circuit to suit your needs. I presume as well that the transformer and required odds and ends would work out cheaper than a replacement board.
Thanks again, Darren and Framey, hope you get the clarke cl300m back up a running - still really impressed with my little lathe. Let me know how you get on and what you decide to do.
Chris