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Re: Looking for a band saw the size of a Minimax 16/Felder FB510 or so in the upper Midwest
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开云体育TJ, considering the size, i am surprised with 7 sec stop time without braking. does it have CI wheels? imran On Oct 14, 2020, at 7:28 AM, TJ Cornish <tj@...> wrote:
? Also, I agonized about using a braking resistor, but after doing a mockup and playing with deceleration time in the drive, I found that the drive can stop the wheels in about 7 seconds without an external sink, and I thought that was good enough. The saw does have a mechanical brake as well if I need it. On Oct 14, 2020, at 9:20 AM, TJ Cornish via groups.io <tj@...> wrote:
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Re: Looking for a band saw the size of a Minimax 16/Felder FB510 or so in the upper Midwest
#Bandsaw
开云体育Also, I agonized about using a braking resistor, but after doing a mockup and playing with deceleration time in the drive, I found that the drive can stop the wheels in about 7 seconds without an external sink, and I thought that was good enough. The saw does have a mechanical brake as well if I need it. On Oct 14, 2020, at 9:20 AM, TJ Cornish via groups.io <tj@...> wrote:
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Re: Looking for a band saw the size of a Minimax 16/Felder FB510 or so in the upper Midwest
#Bandsaw
Thanks all for the feedback.
The parts are from Automation Direct. My constraint was that I didn't want to exceed the existing footprint of the saw with a big VFD enclosure, and the logical place to mount it was under the motor. That limited me to about a 10" wide x 6" deep box. I ended up using a 10x10x6, but if I could do it again, I would get a 10x14x6 or so - that extra couple inches would have made cramming all the stuff inside a lot easier. I used a Weg 3HP VFD (my saw is 2HP, so I upsized in case I ever replace the motor) which is pretty compact. My shop is in my house and I have trouble with VFDs tripping my arc-fault breakers, so I put in an input EMI filter to keep the saw from causing problems in my house. The enclosure also has a 25A disconnect switch, a pilot light, and a 12v power supply. I wanted to do remote speed control and programming, so I opted for the remote display, which is what required the 12v supply. The controls are 22m buttons from Automation Direct. These are pretty cookie-cutter parts. The VFD is setup to run in a 3-wire mode with a normally open start switch going to one digital input and a normally closed stop switch going to another one. The knob on my control panel controls the speed from about 3Hz to 66Hz, which gives me a range of very slow for setting blade tracking up to about 5000fpm if I overspeed my 900RPM motor slightly (slightly meaning 10% to about 1000RPM). The enclosure was heavily modified to get all the stuff in plus cooling. I have a Bridgeport that I did most of the drilling and cutting on, however I confess I cut a couple corners in the interest of time and due to the awkwardness of clamping something as wobbly and large as this box, so the rear louver cutout and the drilled cooling hole pattern on the bottom aren't exactly machinery-tolerance. The airflow of the VFD is bottom to top. I don't like top-mounted vents, so I drilled a bunch of intake holes at the bottom of the enclosure and the air exits the louvered vent out the back. Most of the disconnect switches like this use remote handles and are shaft driven. I mounted the disconnect itself where it had to go in the box and then carefully measured where to drill the door for the handle. To mount the user controls I got a piece of steel plate and drilled through the back of the saw housing. The blade guard slides up and down on the side, so I couldn't mount it there. The user control box is a 6x6x4 Hubbell-Weigmann enclosure. I made a custom faceplate for the buttons and VFD screen and had to hog out two sides of the 6x6 box to get stuff to fit, but I'm happy with how that turned out. For some reason my saw had a strange slot milled perpendicular to the blade. Northfield has no idea what that was for and is sure they didn't do it. I machined an aluminum slug to fill that in. If anyone is interested, I'd be happy to provide a BOM of what I used. |
Re: Looking for a band saw the size of a Minimax 16/Felder FB510 or so in the upper Midwest
#Bandsaw
Wow, that is a super clean install. Ive wired a few VFDs, but mine are just in plywood boxes next to the machines, lol! Were those enclosures and switches plug and play with the specific VFD you purchased, or did you custom fab those for the VFD you purchased? Patrick On Wed, Oct 14, 2020 at 8:12 AM Marlowe McGraw <marlomcgraw@...> wrote:
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Re: Looking for a band saw the size of a Minimax 16/Felder FB510 or so in the upper Midwest
#Bandsaw
Well done!? Marlowe? On Wed, Oct 14, 2020, 6:32 AM Mark Kessler <mkessler10@...> wrote:
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Re: Looking for a band saw the size of a Minimax 16/Felder FB510 or so in the upper Midwest
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On Oct 13, 2020, at 10:15 PM, TJ Cornish <tj@...> wrote:
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Re: General Woodworking Question
开云体育Morning Rob,I’ve been a great advocate of multiple passes with both the router and spindle moulder for years, usually using different bits or blades! And or tilting the spindle! That’s why I first bought the Felder, mine is fairly old now, a BF-631 circa 1996 but we’ve grown together and I’m very comfortable with it and wouldn’t dream of a so called upgrade! I did dally once with the idea in the early 2000’s but then read a lot people’s reports about how good mine was as opposed to the new versions mainly that it was designed as one machine and not two bolted together! Thus stays accurate! I’ve found that playing with the options of what a cutter or router bit (or section of) can give you can produce remarkable results! I’m a renovator of listed property and years ago when having to replicate an existing moulding would order specially made cutters. That was fine until they started to cost the world now I can usually manage to replicate most profiles using what I have either in my tooling or with standard options! I start by visualising how they would have been made using old hand profile planes, what combination of these would have been used to achieve it and then I look for the parts of cutter that will give me that option. The spindle moulder is in fact far more versatile as you can turn blades upside down and reverse the direction of feed to access a completely different profile from the same set of cutters! Best of luck with the project Rob, if you’re still stuck post me a profile with dimensions and I’ll see if I can find a solution for you using standard euro cutters! Martin? On 14 Oct 2020, at 04:56, imranindiana via groups.io <imranindiana@...> wrote:
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Re: Looking for a band saw the size of a Minimax 16/Felder FB510 or so in the upper Midwest
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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of TJ Cornish <tj@...>
Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2020 10:15 PM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [FOG] Looking for a band saw the size of a Minimax 16/Felder FB510 or so in the upper Midwest #Bandsaw ?
My bandsaw refurbishing is underway. I finished installing a VFD in a slightly too-small enclosure and mounted the controls in a more ergonomical place. The big job was dealing with the worn bore on the bottom wheel - my dad is a machinist and he helped
bore the wheel and make a sleeve for the motor shaft.
I have ordered a heavier spring from Iturra and a couple fences from Northfield - the conventional fence, and the resaw fence. I'm still fine tuning, but I think it's going to work out pretty well. ?Thanks again for the help. |
Re: Looking for a band saw the size of a Minimax 16/Felder FB510 or so in the upper Midwest
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On Oct 13, 2020, at 7:15 PM, TJ Cornish <tj@...> wrote:
?My bandsaw refurbishing is underway. I finished installing a VFD in a slightly too-small enclosure and mounted the controls in a more ergonomical place. The big job was dealing with the worn bore on the bottom wheel - my dad is a machinist and he helped bore the wheel and make a sleeve for the motor shaft. I have ordered a heavier spring from Iturra and a couple fences from Northfield - the conventional fence, and the resaw fence. I'm still fine tuning, but I think it's going to work out pretty well. ?Thanks again for the help. <IMG_2731.jpg> <IMG_2736.jpg> <IMG_2737.jpg> |
Re: General Woodworking Question
开云体育Martin, i am fascinated with the fact that this is possible with just a stopped cut on the shaper. to be sure we are speaking of the two beads/fillets that terminate in the V-shape - circled below. i assume the space between the beads is close to a round over. i can see tilting the cutter to get the V but it would need to tilt parallel to the direction of feed, correct? i am only aware of spindles that tilt perpendicular to the feed direction.? i am terrible in this kind of thinking but i like this detail and a challenge, so would love to learn if it is possible to do it on shaper. round over bit was mentioned with raising the cutter, i assume to get the V detail. i am unable to visualize that. the two beads appear to have a round top, if so that is sweet. a typical bullnose type bit will only do a fillet. good stuff. imran On Oct 13, 2020, at 3:23 AM, Martin Guiver via groups.io <martin.guiver@...> wrote:
?Hi Rob, This moulding was produced on a spindle moulder with an appropriate cutter set and probably tilted as well! This enabled the shallow v grove to be cut and produce the corner bead. Executed as a stop cut you can see that the diameter of the profile of the cutter is far greater on the top side of the corner bead than on the v grove. To give you a clue the cutter profile will be of the architrave type! Hope that helps! Regards Martin?
On 13 Oct 2020, at 01:45, imranindiana via groups.io <imranindiana@...> wrote:
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Re: pocket hole machine
Castle working. ?Drilled a very nice hole in 1 1/8 thick hard maple in under 2 seconds. ?So far, so good. ?I will have more comments after I use it a bit. ?Yes, noisy. ?The enclosure has a lot of empty space within it, and I am thinking maybe I can figure a way to deaden the sound. ?Not a priority right now. ?
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Re: Looking for a band saw the size of a Minimax 16/Felder FB510 or so in the upper Midwest
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Re: Looking for a band saw the size of a Minimax 16/Felder FB510 or so in the upper Midwest
#Bandsaw
My bandsaw refurbishing is underway. I finished installing a VFD in a slightly too-small enclosure and mounted the controls in a more ergonomical place. The big job was dealing with the worn bore on the bottom wheel - my dad is a machinist and he helped bore the wheel and make a sleeve for the motor shaft.
I have ordered a heavier spring from Iturra and a couple fences from Northfield - the conventional fence, and the resaw fence. I'm still fine tuning, but I think it's going to work out pretty well. ?Thanks again for the help. |
Re: Powermatic 141 bandsaw
开云体育Thanks Joe, guessing this one is mid 70’s probably fair price assuming it’s all in orderRegards, Mark On Oct 13, 2020, at 12:32 PM, Joe Jensen <joe.jensen@...> wrote:
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Re: Tannewitz Brake Questions
开云体育What ever is the simplistic and cheapest I would avoid using a brake Justin case of emergency.In larger machines bigger hp I would use disc brakes . My oliver has an over ride that cuts the motor if the blade brakes than using the manual rub brake. My best advise is don’t stand to the right of the blade so your not buy when blade breaks. martin/campshure/co/llc Designing and building for 50 years On Oct 12, 2020, at 11:26 PM, Joe Jensen <joe.jensen@...> wrote:
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Re: Powermatic 141 bandsaw
开云体育PM 141s are great 14” saws.? I had one that was a 1990 gold era.? Sold for $650 during the 2008 recession and I thought that was a cheap price ? From: [email protected] <[email protected]>
On Behalf Of Mark Kessler
Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2020 9:23 AM To: Felder Owner Group <[email protected]> Subject: [FOG] Powermatic 141 bandsaw ? Well here I go again, any opinions on this 141? I had planned on using my little inca 260 for small stuff which I have been until I discovered some issues with the lower wheel, it needs replaced and the cost is close to $300 - i am super attached to that little saw but possibly not $300 dollars attached ? This 141? ? Could possibly be a replacement but the price seems a little high, i would only really only use it with a 3/8” blade or under. I do have the laguna 14/12 which I planned on using for 3/8” and under once I bought a larger saw for resawing but that larger saw is on hold for now, the laguna actually resaws pretty well at 8” and under and just so-so above that Regards, Mark |
Powermatic 141 bandsaw
开云体育Well here I go again, any opinions on this 141? I had planned on using my little inca 260 for small stuff which I have been until I discovered some issues with the lower wheel, it needs replaced and the cost is close to $300 - i am super attached to that little saw but possibly not $300 dollars attachedThis 141? Could possibly be a replacement but the price seems a little high, i would only really only use it with a 3/8” blade or under. I do have the laguna 14/12 which I planned on using for 3/8” and under once I bought a larger saw for resawing but that larger saw is on hold for now, the laguna actually resaws pretty well at 8” and under and just so-so above that Regards, Mark |
Re: General Woodworking Question
Rob Service
I'm so sorry about the quality of the picture.? It's actually a screen shot of a video showing the entire piece of furniture.? And then I've zoomed in probably 5X to show the edge detail.? ?I'm in the process of making a piece of furniture for our dining room that will serve as an insulated & conditioned (cooled) wine cabinet to store our red wines, (so 55 degrees).? Literature has been very scarce on how to do this so I've resorted to watching all the vendor product videos.? I came across this edge detail and liked the look and truthfully it stumped me from a woodworking standpoint.? I've tried a few things on the router table and now with your ideas on multiple passes will go back in the shop and play with this more because it will not beat me - even if I have to spend hours on the chisel.? It shows on the two top front corners of the 6'-6" tall cabinet, so this detail is right at eye level and has to be done right.? Martin I'm going to do more research on the architrave?type spindle cutter because if I can do this on the Felder shaper that will be soooo cool..? I may even reach out to some of the cutter manufacturer's for their ideas.? Thanks so much folks!
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Re: General Woodworking Question
开云体育Hi Rob,This moulding was produced on a spindle moulder with an appropriate cutter set and probably tilted as well! This enabled the shallow v grove to be cut and produce the corner bead. Executed as a stop cut you can see that the diameter of the profile of the cutter is far greater on the top side of the corner bead than on the v grove. To give you a clue the cutter profile will be of the architrave type! Hope that helps! Regards Martin? On 13 Oct 2020, at 01:45, imranindiana via groups.io <imranindiana@...> wrote:
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Re: General Woodworking Question
开云体育I think we’re all struggling with the picture quality, but Michael I wonder whether your idea of raising the bit will not only create the stopped shoulder Rob wants, but it will also re-profile the round-over so it is deeper and not in the same plane? That may be the objective. I don’t know. I’m thinking it might be better to round-over the whole edge, and then use a totally different bit, like a rebate bit or even a large diameter end-mill style bit, for the stopped pass. This would create a bit of an arris on the “rounded” part. I can’t tell from the picture if that is what’s required.Like Michael, just some ideas. Lucky
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