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Need help wiring up rotary phase converter - The Home Shop Machinist . . . Don't forget to check amperage on each of the three legs Our shop is composed of machinery that are 220, and 480 3 phase When we downsized, and moved into a garage, setting up all this stuff with phase converters was a real challenge On some of our machines, there was so much imbalance that the machines would not run
Forklift Battery: Is it SUPPOSED to do that?! - The Home Shop Machinist . . . Tech came out, set up the charger and put water in the cells of the battery and put it on the charger This was about a week ago Tonight I put it on the charger I connect the charger and the battery, and I hit START and the charger ROARS to life (massive fan)
VFD and Magnetic Starter - The Home Shop Machinist Machinists . . . You will not need an expensive magnetic starter if you use a VFD I have used AC Tech SCM series VFD's on a couple of machines and their price is hard to beat You can buy the same units from any Leeson Electric dealer (Leeson calls them the SM series)with a Leeson badge on them but the AC Tech units are generally a bit less expensive
Mach 3 vs Flashcut? - The Home Shop Machinist Machinists Workshop . . . Tech support for mach is great They have a forum on their site and a yahoo group as well and both are very active There are constant updates and development going on Bad, no rigid tap, cant control the spindle as a C Axis It must be either a C axis or a spindle without position control
Aloris Taper Wedge Tool Post Dovetail Fits - The Home Shop Machinist . . . I've been using the Phase II AXA clone that came in the first load of inherited shop equipment, and aside from center issues, no problems, so I will probably cut down the holders that a) I will actually use (not the knurling one) and b) need it, since the parting tool and boring tool holders need no modifications at all
Lansing Lathes - The Home Shop Machinist Machinists Workshop . . . A few nicks in the ways, but hardly any wear It was originally bought new at a tech school, (know why there are a few nicks) then used in a garage job hobby shop for about 10 years, maybe 10 hours a month, if that much, from what he said
OK, Whats the secret to Knurling? - The Home Shop Machinist . . . That quote from Machine Shop Trade secrets will pick a fight here He's a diametral pitch knurler "Following the formula stated previously, 0 060 divided by 3 14159 is 0 019 Therefore, any multiple of 0 019 should provide a diameter for a perfect knurl
Most user friendly VFDs? - The Home Shop Machinist Machinists . . . The 5hp AC Tech unit I got for my YMZ lathe turned out to be pretty easy to set up; the manual took a little while to grok but it was much better written than the Teco manual for my Bridgeport The AC Tech unit also had enough built-in logic options so I could completely replace the contactors, microswitch relays, etc, which was just as well
Grinding a thread cutting tool. - The Home Shop Machinist Machinists . . . When I was a machine shop student at the vo-tech many years ago we had to make a nut and bolt and cut the threads for the bolt We had to grind the blank for the 60 degree angle but we were taught to only grind the blank on one side, not both
HOBBY machinist thoughts. . . simple hss - The Home Shop Machinist . . . Some of them are going to wind up in a job shop where they best way to do a job is with the tools you have "TODAY " Running may be a bit of an exaggeration I think he is the equivalent of a lab assistant or lab tech I did that in the computer lab in college myself I guess for a couple hours a day I was "running" the computer lab