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  1. Sieg X2 / Harbor Freight 44991 / Grizzly Mini Mill Spindle tachometers

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    1. New in box OnCNC.com Mini mill tachometers




    2. New in Box from the scratch and dent...
    Minor scratch in case, does not go all the way through paint...
  2. Re: Hmm what should i put my mini mill on? Table? Toolbox?

    I built a cart of 1 inch heavy wall box tubes, it's on casters but I have a set of feet that thread down and hold it off the ground, the unit is heavy, but my shop space is limited so I need to move...
  3. First pass of X2 mini mill power feed I built

    This is the first time I used it and while I like the over all use it's a bit slow on .050" per turn. I will get over 12 inches per minute which is probably better then the mill is good for...
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    Re: Harbor Freight 8x12 motor died

    I'm building a bench on 300lb rated casters for it, under the bed is a sheet metal "funnel" to collect the cuttings. I am figuring on making a jack shaft and using the original pulleys and driving...
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    Re: Harbor Freight 8x12 motor died

    Were you able to bolt the motor to the lathe directly?
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    Re: Harbor Freight 8x12 motor died

    I am ordering a 3 phase 1ph motor and VFD for it, I think it may be the what passes for a barrel switch on it.

    I was going this route eventually, this just gets me there faster.

    In the meantime...
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    Re: Harbor Freight 8x12 motor died

    I've ha some time to look at the lathe, I removed both belts to isolate the motor.

    In forward it makes the loud hum/rattle. but if I slowly back out the direction switch it goes away and the motor...
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    Re: Harbor Freight 8x12 motor died

    I don't have the time to play. This lathe is used to make parts for a product I produce. I want to get a like motor or off the shelf solution.

    I am about to buy a 220 3 phase motor and a VFD. and...
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    Re: Harbor Freight 8x12 motor died

    It doesn't smell bad, this lathe is 9 years old so the warranty is gone.

    I was turning a part stopped to measure and went to turn it back on and just got a growl and half speed so I shut it down..
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    Re: Harbor Freight 8x12 motor died

    It turns by hand.
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    Harbor Freight 8x12 motor died

    All my motor does is growl and does not come up to speed. Any saving it?
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    Re: The Coming Climate Change

    All you need to know about climate change and it's backers.


    https://youtu.be/n32xl9fy0Wo
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    Re: The Coming Climate Change

    Let us just stick to the facts and dispense with the political BS.


    https://youtu.be/Qzf6z-oHP8U
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    Re: The Coming Climate Change

    The U.S. is not the problem, you need to go to the problem and that is China and India.

    It was all the regulation that made industry pick up ad leave. That what our government bought us.

    We can...
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    Re: The Coming Climate Change

    Tell it to China and India, we're not buying it.
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    Re: The Coming Climate Change

    "For the children!" The hallmark phrase of the charlatan.
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    Re: The Coming Climate Change

    It might have been if there was no data fudging... Once the data was edited to someone's liking it is no longer fact but fiction.
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    Re: The Coming Climate Change

    Yes, I care a great deal about the children. Mine is learning how to build a gun in my shop, we start him off with an AR15. My daughter likes hers store bought. Gun ownership is the first step in...
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    Re: The Coming Climate Change

    Which means nothing to cooked up data. NEXT!
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    Re: The Coming Climate Change

    I sell you some carbon credits that I get from the same place as the others that will sell them to you....
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    Re: The Coming Climate Change

    Sorry I just don't buy the BS... The only people that concur are on the payroll of big government.
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    Re: The Coming Climate Change

    CO2 was higher 700 years ago. Quit spreading needless fear.

    Why is Mars heating up? To many Martians in SUVs?
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    Re: The Coming Climate Change

    The clean air act was a joke in California. The new pollutants are harder to see but 17 times the cancer risk.

    Yes, I used to test cars.

    CO2 levels were higher in the past then they are now.
    ...
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    Re: The Coming Climate Change

    They kept telling us we were going to freeze back in the 70's with global cooling.
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    Re: The Coming Climate Change

    It's been much hotter in the past, quit spreading fear for Al Gore.
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    Re: The Coming Climate Change

    Yeah, adjust that data so it reflects what you wish it said rather then the truth.
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    Poll: Re: Who is making money with their CNC...

    Got a new product, I need to refine it a bit more then have the parts done on the CNC router rather than my mill. But I have that first step, a product!
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    Poll: Re: Who is making money with their CNC...

    My mill/router, no profit yet, my 4 axis hot wire foam cutter? YAHOO!
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    Re: HF 8x12 VFD Mod and Others

    I have added a tachometer to the spindle so I have some idea of the surface speed when it's done.
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    Re: HF 8x12 VFD Mod and Others

    Many thanks for the post!

    I'd consider mounting a plate to the lathe and the motor to the plate. Would that be better?

    What is that smaller looking tool post on the combination slide?
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