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[mickeyf]

Unless I missed it, the only mention of wiring so far has been "do it surface mount". You don't mention what size service you'll have. Since...

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Have not needed to do this, but looks like a useful technique - thanks!

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Interesting, but looks kinda slow for any drills you'd be likely to use in a drill press that size. Maybe more useful converting a wood band saw to metal...

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Our fridge, oven, microwave, dishwasher, washing machine and dryer all have things to say. I'm sure they are talking about us behind our backs when we're...

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Well by definition, when you "Let them", they are not "Trespassers", but "Guests"....

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If the entire works is there, you have a reversible motor with both a remote control (radio) and a hard wired reversing switch. The ones I've seen are...

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Which does make sense... but... apparently there is more to it. Interestingly, of the members of this forum who live in BC, Evan was probably the northernmost...

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I hope I never have to use it in anger, but when I built my shop I included a shower. Not so much for chemical or incendiary menageries, but so that it...

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Given the information supplied so far, it sounds like the most useful thing would be if you know an rpm at which you'd like it to run. Then increase the...

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I know this dead horse has been long since beaten into dog food, but this sort of thing is one of the reasons I'm not a big Windows fan....

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!!!! I'd like to see that. Also, would like to see such a thing in action. 22" diameter with 5 teeth is over 1 ft between teeth. Must run pretty...

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Doozer's button got pushed 😆!
I recently got a plasma cutter. I have seen that it is possible to make very clean cuts with one, but I have not...

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You'd still need the main casting, but it occurs to me that the round ram would be easier for a hobbyist to make if they didn't already have a shaper...

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I like this idea very much. Also, the idea of a VFD for what was intended as a single phase motor, since fractional horsepower motors are widely available...

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That 'V' on the side of the block is also something I've not seen before. ('Course, I don't get around that much...)

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Apparently (Ahem... "Studies have shown"...) we lose most head through our extremities - feet and head. Plain old socks can make a huge difference....

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Or... Drill holes from the outside of the bushing, at each end of where the oil groove will go before pressing the bushing in. Yes, the hole would then...

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I last worked in a shop that was not my own hobby shop 40 years ago, and they had a couple of shapers. Mind you, they also had other machine tools that...

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This looks like a classic "do it on the shaper" job.

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The Amazon reviews are interesting. The buyers who don't like it really don't like it. But I suppose that's typical.