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Yesterday, 11:24 PM

wierdscience replied to a thread What did you do today? in General

Ya,the cast didn't give any trouble,only took .010" on a pass. The nuts I used last year's b-day present to myself,a 6" Vertex rotary table witha...

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Yesterday, 02:15 AM

wierdscience replied to a thread What did you do today? in General

It's about 9-1/2" to the centerline.

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02-18-2019, 11:09 PM

wierdscience replied to a thread What did you do today? in General

More lathe repair/mods today.The orginal T-slot the topslide mounts too was made for M12 bolts.These were a crudely forged T-bolt,pretty soft...

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02-18-2019, 10:54 PM

wierdscience added 9 photo(s) to album Shop work

02-18-2019, 10:36 PM

wierdscience replied to a thread What did you do today? in General

.050-.070"? Sheesh makes you wonder if they even tried to get decent runout. I used to work on some yard forklifts that had Funk Reversomatic...

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02-18-2019, 04:30 PM

wierdscience replied to a thread VFD wiring strategy in General

Yes agreed,a clutch is in order,air clutch preferably.

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02-18-2019, 04:28 PM

wierdscience replied to a thread VFD wiring strategy in General

Ya,this was late 90's early 2000's.Most of the smaller drives don't require an output reactor either until you get above 2hp.I giess they figure...

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02-18-2019, 04:21 PM

wierdscience replied to a thread Daytona 500 in General

Same here,I used to have a shirt that read-"Remember when Racing was dangerous and Sex was safe?" :D

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02-18-2019, 09:59 AM

wierdscience replied to a thread VFD wiring strategy in General

I was told by an AB controls tech that if the expected braking load was over 50% of the internal braking capacity or the frequency of stop/starts was...

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02-17-2019, 09:27 PM

wierdscience replied to a thread What did you do today? in General

Very nice adaptation!

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02-17-2019, 08:22 PM

wierdscience replied to a thread Daytona 500 in General

"I wrecked a lot of cars,I feel bad about that" -Paul Menard ;)

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02-17-2019, 04:33 PM

wierdscience replied to a thread What did you do today? in General

The thread in the nut is cut a bit deeper than normal so as to provide clearance for the thread crests.The flanks were cut to the normal...

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02-17-2019, 04:25 PM

wierdscience replied to a thread What did you do today? in General

Originaly I was going to run the router off a Variac for speed control,but given the cutter was carbide and the diameter was only 1/4" I decided to...

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02-17-2019, 04:21 PM

wierdscience replied to a thread What did you do today? in General

Yep,but the builders had this one split horizonally.There is an M6 X 60mm socket capscrew that passes through the top of the cross slide for...

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02-17-2019, 01:33 PM

wierdscience replied to a thread VFD wiring strategy in General

So the fan is powered directly off the aux.contacts on the VFD,or off a spearate relay? What are your thoughts on adding a line reactor on the...

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02-17-2019, 12:56 PM

wierdscience created an album Lathe Cross Slide mods

02-17-2019, 12:36 PM

wierdscience replied to a thread What did you do today? in General

Did the finishing touches on the lathe cross slide nut.Here it is all done with mounting holes,adjusting threads and split and the lubrication hole...

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02-16-2019, 12:56 PM

wierdscience replied to a thread OT: recruiting help to clean my shop in General

Round here we call that being "out manured";)

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02-13-2019, 11:20 PM

wierdscience replied to a thread What did you do today? in General

The cross slide nut on our 24x120 Italian lathe gave up.Turns out the previous owner had crashed the feed a couple times which had split the nut and...

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02-13-2019, 10:59 PM

wierdscience created an album Shop work

02-10-2019, 04:00 PM

wierdscience replied to a thread OT: The destroyer Fitzgerald's collision with a container vessel in General

And not just with the Navy either- https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2019/01/11/ship-owners-to-pay-us-government-for-fitzgerald-collision/...

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02-10-2019, 03:56 PM

wierdscience replied to a thread Realigning a rebuild bandsaws' wheels? in General