Recent content by Brazen Bull

Not to go off topic or anything, but my favorite generator setup has always been a home-made affair. A nice iron cylinder GX class Honda engine, with a commercial automotive alternator of the brush less design by Delco, hooked to a nice 24v DC to 120v AC sin-wave inverter. Running the engine...

It makes my poor boy neck hairs stand on end thinking what a 240-120v step down transformer the fellow in the article I read cost. As I recall it was 5,000w. A 5KW step-down transformer? Ouch. Not cheap or light weight.

The book I cracked open talking about polyphase current said it was a no-no. Besides if you have no load on one phase wouldn't that be an uneven mechanical load on the engine too?

I think what he means is load balancing. On the generator head there are two 120v phases out of step with eachother and a neutral tap to get 240v and 120v when you want. He wants to keep the load equal on both legs 120v legs. Related, in three-phase stuff, the load on all three phases needs to...

I read an article of a fellow living off grid in his cabin had a big 120/240v gasoline generator. He ran mostly 120v loads and on that branch on the generator it ran rough and the fuel economy sucked, eventually wearing the engine out in six months. He bought the same generator and a massive...

Who pays the fuel bill for the Sun than?

I like my English made vintage vices. England used to have good foundries.

It's so nice! I have a couple modern Craftsman and the old fashioned kind by another company. It's what I got.

Me being me, I went overboard even with my shop vac, so I got a Stryker vacuum. Its basically a shop vacuum cleaner, but on steroids, high quality and longevity, with a cost of thousands of dollars and might be seen in a morgue. I have just the canister part, im figuring out how to 3D print a...

Now that im done getting this old rocket red nugget workin', whats a grinder for?

Ahhhh man! I spent a whole hour gents taking the rusted on tool rests OFF. I soaked them in WD-40 and put a big socket over it and tapped at it with a hammer than sanded the exposed part as it moved in and more WD-40. Than I did more polishing with glass mat sand paper and finally pried them off...

I KNOW! And I like it dudes, but I told somebody this was a "thing" and they were like im full of sh*t!

A better alternative to a **** lamp? I couldn't resist.......now that is a lamp for any cool persons decor!

Holy **** gents! No wonder the original switch failed, the lime-eaters were foolhardy enough to put in a 5amp switch that is built like it belongs on a table lamp from the 40's! Can you imagine this poor crappy grandma Mildred 5amp switch taking the inductive surge of this motor starting up...

After sleeping on it, I don't think my fix is very elegant. I'll do better guys. At least it works.