Lathe Carriage Stop Switch

[nova_robotics]

do you have a magnetic brake on the lathe motor

Kinda. The VFD decelerates the motor. The motor is not allowed to spin down under its own inertia. It's very fast. It stops so fast that it makes a clunk. But it's all electric trickery. There is no physical brake.

Also I highly, highly recommend installing a VFD. That's just a cheapo eBay VFD and it made my lathe about 700 times better. There is no comparison between the original machine and the lathe + VFD. Infinitely variable speeds on a dial is incredible (plus all the other features). I just leave it in the middle gear all of the time and use the dial.