Search:

Hi Flemilla,
A decade late, I am responding to your post, not with information but with another question and hoping that you are still active on this board. Your post came up as virtually the only...

Thanks for your response, Al.

Yes, the battery will be for propulsion as well as control, but I could easily add a second small battery for the electronics alone if power isolation turns out to...

I feel like a tourist sitting in a cafe at the base of Niagra Falls asking for a glass of water, but here's my very rudimentary question:

What is the simplest way to get a stand-alone,...

Hi, Kevin:

Thanks for the unexpected response.

I'm really looking for a 2-1/8" - 5 TPI threaded backplate 8" O.D. or larger that I can machine to match my 8" 4-jaw plain back chuck. However,...

skyway0018746, I have the same problem. My LeBlonde 13" lathe has a 2-1/8" 5 tpi spindle nose for which I cannot find a ready-made backplate.

You can google something like "lathe chuck parts" or...

Thanks for the comments, George. I'll check out your suggestions. I did talk to a few machinery suppliers back when the motor failed, but they weren't much help.

But I can do a lot of hand...

I'm trying to understand what you are describing regading the 3 phase line monitor. It sounds like you believe that the monitor will influence and control the phase balance. If it is what I have...

Anybody out there ever had the DC motor for the longitudinal table drive repaired?

My Bridgeport is an early model that, I have been told, off-the-shelf table drive motor systems will not fit. ...

I'm no motor expert, but I'd be very cautious about applying 240 volts to a 208 volt motor. That's a 15% overvoltage and you could run into magnetic saturation of the motor stator laminations. If...

itwanabe never actually said what kind of blade he wanted to put on his creation. The photo, which I gather is something he wants to copy or take as a model, looks more like a tile saw with the tray...

With the orientation shown in the photo in the initial post, a right-hand thread would be proper for the blade retaining nut. The blade support flange should be pinned or strongly thread-locked to...

Well, Al_The_Man, I didn't and still, in rereading the thread, don't see where there is mention of the air compressor being either 3-phase or single-phase or where there is any mention of the power...

In your situation, I'd consider shedding off the locally generated 3-phase line all equipment that does not REQUIRE 3-phase power for proper operation. This, of course, depends upon the function and...

Welcome, Renato:

Do not apologize about your use of the english language. No one would suspect you were not a native speaker from your literate post.

awright

valeen1959, you are an inspiration to all of us who collect parts forever but never get around to actually building. Well done. Please post some pictures.

awright

wyn510, I gather that you are looking for a beginner's book on lathe operation.

A good place to start is, "How To Run A Lathe," published by South Bend. I believe that the copy I obtained about...

Ah-Ha! Now I get the trick. Of course, any increasing sequestration of carbon in human bodies requires continually increasing human biomass which we are seeing has its own, much more severe impacts...

OK, I understand the language. What I do not understand is the thrust or purpose of the question.

I'm no atmospheric scientist. However, my understanding is that the only large scale human...

I'm confused by the poll wording. Are you really asking how much CO2 has been SEQUESTERED, i.e., taken OUT of circulation in the biosphere and atmosphere, or how much has been RELEASED from its...

The rating of your switch can have no influence whatsover on the fuses blowing unless it fails in a condition putting a short across the line, which has obviously not happened. You could have a giant...

Richard, can you elaborate on what you mean by a "water table," for dust control? My imagination is failing me.

awright

Hi cnc574:

Saw your other post and was curious what this inquiry was.

Not getting a response does not mean nobody is interested in helping you, just that those with some information or...

I'll second that!

awright

3.141592654

awright

And there (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZhHCyuEEDk) you have the most perfect example of just what I was referring to as intuitive design without benefit of historical and technical research. ...

Wow! I just stumbled across this fascinating thread. Lots of info to digest. I had an impulse to respond to most of the posts, but am (I hope) going to restrain myself to a few comments and...

Consider monitoring the temperature of the cooling water as it enters the tube. You can get a cheap temperature chart recorder on surplus that would allow you to track temperature with laser power....

How big is the broken bolt and how hard is it? Apparently it is readily drillable?

I've never worked on really large broken studs, but take a look at the technique I describe in the thread in...

A backyard machine shop technique I used recently worked perfectly on a piece of brass pipe corroded into a cast iron steam radiator, but the procedure is labor intensive. Use a hand electric drill...

zoeper, sounds like your speed sensor circuit board has a problem. Here are some random thoughts on troubleshooting. These are just general principles, as I have not worked specifically on machine...