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Can someone direct me to a source for replacement dies/anvils for the inexpensive planishing hammers from HFT, Eastwood, etc.?

I have a Baldor model 410B buffer that is simply too fast and too powerful for the size pieces that I am typically trying to polish, and I would like to slow the motor down with a speed control. Is this possible? It's a 1.5hp, single phase, 60hz, 115v motor drawing 13.8 amps, so it requires...

Selling this Baldor 410B 1.5hp buffer. Super powerful machine for polishing chrome, etc. Just too much machine than I thought I needed. Has less than five hours run time on it, in absolutely perfect condition. Freight will not be cheap, because this mother is big a heavy. But I paid $850 for it...

SOLD: Vulcan MigMax 215 MIG welder I have a virtually new Vulcan MigMax 215 MIG welder from Harbor Freight that I would like to sell. I purchased a Miller Syncrowave multiprocess machine so this one is redundant now. Comes with the regulator/hose setup, MIG gun, work clamp, and a roll of...

I have done some more tests and eliminated some questions and errors in my original assessment... The lights are on their own circuit, but protected by a GFCI breaker. I have no idea why lights need a fault-protection circuit, and I assume that code requires it. I have THREE 50a/240v plugs in my...

Anton, no, it does not trip the GFCI breaker when running on 120v, whether from an outlet in the shop that's on the same panel, or from the house which is on a separate panel/transformer/etc. It only trips when running on the 240v shop feed. The breaker trips off and I have to reset the handle...

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Lights are hard-wired.

Here's the details: 1. 2017 Miller Syncrowave 210 running DC TIG process @ less than 125amps 2. New shop building constructed in January this year, all fresh construction 3. LED overhead lighting hard-wired (no plugs) on dedicated circuit with GFCI breaker (code?) 4. Welder runs on dedicated 50a...

Those are seriously some of the best socket rails made at any price. I bought all they had when they went on close out. Sent from my iPad using Garage Journal

Well sure, if you want to make it all easy and safe and all that.... Thanks a bunch. Just ordered that cord. And it's on sale, too! Sent from my iPad using The Garage Journal mobile app

So, does that mean (going from the 4 to the 3 wire) the black goes to the larger hot blade, the red goes to the smaller hot blade, and the green to the neutral?

My shop is wired with three 50a/220v receptacles, two of which are fitted with standard three-wire welder plugs, one of which is a four-wire standard residential code range plug. This is where I have a household oven plugged in for small powder coating jobs. I would like to build a four wire...

https://www.redbarontools.com Anybody have one of these they'll share thoughts on? I like the concept. Since it's going in my personal shop, the open style doesn't bother me (regarding theft potential) but I'm a little concerned about the life expectancy of the foam. Sent from my iPad...

I just bought a MigMax 215 at HF yesterday off of the "open box" clearance rack. Someone had returned it, according to the guys at the store that I know pretty well by now (avid HF shopper), because he didn't have a correct 220v plug. I purchased it as-is for $348. They hooked me up with all the...