Recent content by jlevers

To you too! And to everyone else who might be following this thread :) One fun note for the people who said they wanted to follow along with whatever I do after Highside...I'm starting a repair business, and I'm planning to document the process of starting it, and the reasons why I'm doing it...

Hey Gregor – I stopped getting notifications from this thread, and just realized it and came back to catch up on the last nine months or so. I'm really sorry to read that things have been tough, with Lara and with work and with figuring out how to make sense of change. I'm a good bit younger...

I bought this welder from an old structural steel guy in New York. He had it painted totally white (including the faceplate), and I used it for a bit and then moved out of the shop where I had it. I don't have a way to plug it in anymore, so it's up for sale. I recently took it apart, cleaned...

I was planning on making a thread just for the Mercedes, but I realized that in the spirit of this thread, I'd rather have one place where I can post about a lot of different things, and the connections between them. So I made this thread...

Thanks for the kind words, yall...much appreciated. It's always cool to know people are following along. If you wanna see what other stuff I'm up to/thinking about, I have a blog here, and a collection of other forum threads on this page :) I'll post back here when I get around to making a...

A very, very delayed update: I've closed down the space and moved out. It took me a long time to come to this decision, but existing in Brooklyn is super expensive, and there are some other things I'd like to do that I couldn't do as long as I had to pay for this space. I also realized that...

Original Bulldog Vacu-Break fusible safety switch. Model SN-421, for 3-phase systems up to 30A and 240VAC. It works perfectly – I just took it off a Bridgeport milling machine because I don't need it (thread with details here if you're interested), but the whole mill has been running through...

Oh, moving the outlet to the back is a good call – mine's just where it is because the box was already there, but the back would probably be better. Maybe I can mount the box using the holes from the fusible switch.

Ah, good idea...makes sense. I'll do that, thanks.

Here's where I landed – this is on a separate circuit from the VFD. Figured I might as well throw in 20A outlets in case I ever need em. And here's all the wiring I removed by getting rid of the fusible switch. Thanks everyone!

Ok, cool – I'll get rid of the breaker box, which will simplify the wiring considerably, and then run a normal 120V cable and plug to the box on the side. I have my VFD mounted on the arm that the DRO is on, so I'll hardly need any wire at all without the breaker box. @OccupantRJ, I like that...

Ok, I'll probably just use follow your suggestion and make a separate circuit. There's no super convenient 120V outlet near the mill, but I could make one. The VFD is running on 14ga stranded wire, on a circuit with a 20A tandem breaker. The DRO I have says its supposed to run on 220/240, but...

That makes sense, thanks. Does it sound reasonable to split the 220 upstream of the VFD, and use the side that's not going to the VFD to power the convenience box? Just trying to avoid needing to plug the mill into both a 220V and 120V outlet. Not much, although I don't know the actual numbers...

I'm rebuilding an old Bridgeport, and trying to figure out how to create an outlet for 120V accessories (DRO and work lamp) to plug into. The mill is running on a VFD, which is converting single-phase 220V to 3-phase 220V. There's already this junction box wired on the side of the mill, with...

No need to have hundreds of millions of dollars to lose money...I sure don't have that much! Just need one business that makes money and one that loses money ;) Thanks guys, much appreciated :)