Re: Fixed steady rest
Thanks for mentioning that.? I had let my sub lapse because I got tired of too many lame projects.? I may re-sub and then hit up the library.
Mike
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MikeK
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#119658
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Re: Fixed steady rest
This was discussed in the the HSM Article I referenced.
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Bruce Johnson
The less a man knows about how sausages and laws are made, the easier it is to steal his vote and give him botulism.
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Bruce J
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#119657
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Re: speed control
"If the Reeves drive ever fails on mine, I'd most likely just replace it
with a 3 phase motor and VFD."
That's apparently what Shopsmith has done for their newest machines,
primarily to get a larger
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Miket_NYC
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#119656
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Re: Fixed steady rest
It isn't absolutely necessary to use fluid in an autobalancer.? I've read some build logs that used bearing balls in a grooved disk.? Claimed to work pretty good.? The key to proper operation is to
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Mark Kimball
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#119655
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Re: Fixed steady rest
I bought a cheap (19.95) Harbour Freight 6"grinder that shook badly. I
machined new washere and took the armature out and squared up the shoulders
that located the washers. Also made new shields from
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Bill Williams
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#119654
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Re: Fixed steady rest
In the Nov/Dec 2022 issue of Home Shop Machinist, there’s an article about building a fluid-balancing washer assembly to improve grinder vibration.
'Build the Slawsher: A Balancing Ring for
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Bruce J
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#119653
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Re: Motor swaps?
He some facts on most motors.
A 2 speed cooler motor is two motors one is 1725 and the other is 1140 different horse power different torque
Industry motors that two speed is one changing the poles
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davesmith1800
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#119652
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Re: Motor swaps?
I have the older Consews on my CNC and grinder:
https://www.ajawamnet.com/ajawam3/swarf/maxnc.html
https://www.ajawamnet.com/ajawam3/swarf/cutter_grinder.html
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WAM
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#119651
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Re: Motor swaps?
ok
I undestend? now
but? it is probaly? low power? about une qaurter? hp pr one? haft? at max
I also a astronomer
and? we? control? oour? telescope? whit? stepping? moteor? from?
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Jacques Savard
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#119650
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Re: Motor swaps?
https://www.consew.com/
[email protected]> wrote:
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BuffaloJohn
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#119649
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Re: Motor swaps?
Jacques, Consew
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Ralph Hulslander
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#119648
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Re: Motor swaps?
sorry? but? wahat? is a Consew motors,
motor
a new? word? for me
jack 47 71
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Jacques Savard
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#119647
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Re: Motor swaps?
I have a couple of the Consew motors, I have "thought" about putting one on
my mini lathe.
But I have so much to do that I probably will not get around to doing it.
The Consew gives full torque at
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Ralph Hulslander
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#119646
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Re: Lipstick on a pig?
One of the nice things about iGaging DROs , at least the ones I have, is
you can cut them to any length required, they do not have to hang over the
end unless you need the length to measure
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Ralph Hulslander
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#119645
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Re: speed control
I have an 11" Logan with a Reeves drive. It is an effective mechanical solution.
I can see why electrical solutions have replaced them. It is quite noisy for one, it also takes up a fair bit of
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Aaron Woods
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#119644
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Fixed steady rest
I've been working on reducing the vibration in my Chinese 8" bench grinder.? Adding collars for the inner wheel flanges to rest against and making new flanges (ala Harold Hall's "Tool and Cutter
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MikeK
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#119643
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Re: speed control
They're rough on their belts; before solid state drives became affordable, they were about the only reasonable way to make a variable speed drive. With modern electronics they're no longer a good
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Roy
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#119642
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Re: speed control
Several of the larger metal manufacturers used Reeve's drives , Logan , South Bend I believe Clausing to name a few .
animal
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mike allen
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#119641
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Re: speed control
I have one on my Shopsmith Mark V. It works well and provides enormous
torque sown low. But I've relubed it on occasion and I definitely wouldn't
call it "simple." The CONCEPT is simple, but changing
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Miket_NYC
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#119640
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Re: Lipstick on a pig?
Bruce Johnson? I can? use? this kind? of magnet
tey came? from? hard? disk positionner
very? easy? to? recycling? it
also
about? you? problem of? changing? motor? the other post
I
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Jacques Savard
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#119639
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