I never had the chuck guard fitted
I would imagine that if it had died, it would introduce a fault to the system, but I will have to strip it down totally and find out.
It is less than a year old, so I have emailed Axminster to see what they have to say about it.
As for thermal cutout, I left it for 2 hrs then went and tried again - nothing.
Ho hum, I guess the inserts will have to wait. Shame, I had just got the hang of the lathe.
Sean