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    Rebuilding a monarch 10ee lathe

    Hey Grant, any new updates?
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    Rebuilding a monarch 10ee lathe

    My 10ee's MG is up and running on single phase: seems to work good!
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    Rebuilding a monarch 10ee lathe

    Thanks. I really wasnt sure how much i needed. Didn't wanna run short, or buy a quart just be sure.
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    Rebuilding a monarch 10ee lathe

    Could you tell me how much of the red varnish you used on the AC motor? I plan to do the steelman method to convert my 10ee to single phase. Thanks
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    Who's got lathes?

    Scored a very nice Emco V13 a while back: Added a Teco L510 VFD, with factory brake motor. Took a bit of tuning to make the brake work nice with the braking of the vfd, but the results were worth it: Built a rack for my quick change tooling: It is a nice compliment to my Standard Modern 1660:
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    Classic Mini DIY Carport to Garage Conversion

    Awesome. A 76 mini was the first car i owned, when i was 12, and in the end i have owned close to 100 of them, mostly derelicts, but a few nice ones as well.
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    A "get me by" garage

    The same shelf panels are the door panels
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    A "get me by" garage

    I have wanted cabinets for a while and have been searching , but i wanted everything to match, so no good used deals for the size i was thinking, everything new is overpriced, under-built, cheap garbage. I was at my favorite local MRO surplus supplier picking up a braking resistor for my big...
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    Show us your VFD conversions/installations

    This is true, but you left something out. Almost every VFD/inverter will run on single phase, but you must be able to turn off "phase loss detection" . This is the key. Most new drives let you do this, but some don't. Consult factory literature. When looking on ebay, some drives will say 3ph in...
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    Show us your VFD conversions/installations

    This is the 25hp Baldor H2 drive powering my 10hp standard Modern 1660 lathe, fed by single phase. I'm feeding the VFD with #6 wire, through a contactor, motor protection switch/breaker, EMI filter, then to the VFD. Oddly enough, when I hooked it up to test it, I only had a 40 amp double pole...
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    Building my 36x48 dream garage - need advice

    Very nice! love the upstairs. I'm hoping mine looks similar one day. It'll just be the boys room though
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    Building my 36x48 dream garage - need advice

    Looks great! Any more updates?
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    A "get me by" garage

    the first lift is in: Getting my machine shop area setup: Second lift is in:
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    A "get me by" garage

    I preprimed the sheets, including the edges, now i'm filling the seams with drywall mud to soften the edges: Did some mechanical work for a heating company, so they hooked me up with a furnace, but I had to install it: Getting my 8' LED's up. There will be 16 of these: Some were...
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    A "get me by" garage

    I better hurry up and finish it before i bring anymore junk home: Getting at the OSB on the walls:
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