I just bought a Birmingham 12x36 gearhead lathe. Installed a 220v outlet in the garage. Plugged it in and looked for the power start button. the manual said there was one, but I could not find it. The only power button I could find is the jog/inch button. That button just jogs the lathe. If I hold it down it continues to run but I can't imagine that Birmingham had intended the operator to hold the jog button down to turn parts. There is a red reset button but that just breaks the circuit and shuts things off. There is a green power light that looks like a button but it is just a light. It can't be pushed. Were the heck is the button that lets the lathe run continually without being held down???? The manual is very unclear and amateur....Birmingham needs to hire a technical writer.
Kimball