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WThis beautiful piece of old American made machinery was left at the transfer station scrap metal bin. I loaded it up and brought it to...
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WWhitworth replied to the thread Delta Rockwell 12" disc sander motor wiring help.Glad to hear you were successful ! I'v found to never trust what a previous owner has done with a vintage tool, especially electrical...
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WWhitworth replied to the thread Delta Rockwell 12" disc sander motor wiring help.Rosenburg book illustration has 1-3-8 and 2-4-5 (or conversely 1-3-5 and 2-4-8) Have you tried that yet ?
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WWhitworth reacted to Davefr's post in the thread Delta Rockwell 12" disc sander motor wiring help with
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Not really guesswork but with an ohmeter you can usually figure it out. Almost all capacitor start motors share this basic wiring... -
WWhitworth reacted to Cruzan80's post in the thread Delta Rockwell 12" disc sander motor wiring help with Like.
Yes, it is set up for 120V. T1/2 and T3/4 are the run windings, and T5/8 is the start winding. So one set gets the hot and the other...
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WWhitworth replied to the thread Delta Rockwell 12" disc sander motor wiring help.Often. As I recall. T5 and T8 are interchangeable, for clockwise and counterclockwise motor operation. As this is a single phase...
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WWhitworth reacted to Steve_P's post in the thread Drilling Stainless - Where did I go wrong with Like.
Slow is nonsense. If you try to drill a 1/4" hole in 304 SST at 80 RPM you will get nowhere. But try. You need good bits. Stainless...
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WWhitworth replied to the thread What is a 14" South Bend Drill Press Worth?.You might try listing the items here in GJ and owwm.org as well
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WWhitworth reacted to 908Jim's post in the thread Just confirming other’s experiences, Wright no longer has a meaningful Warranty for their tools. with Like.
For industrial and commercial users, warranty generally doesn't matter. It is a marketing ploy for home and retail users. It is a...
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WWhitworth replied to the thread Just confirming other’s experiences, Wright no longer has a meaningful Warranty for their tools..Alot of users invalidate a warranty by double wrenching, using cheater bars, hammering an undersized socket onto a rusted fastener, or...
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WWhitworth reacted to dnschmidt's post in the thread Just confirming other’s experiences, Wright no longer has a meaningful Warranty for their tools. with Like.
This fixation with warrantee for something as cheap as hand tools is a mystery to me. If a $500 impact wrench ****'s the bed that's...
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WWhitworth reacted to finn's post in the thread Just confirming other’s experiences, Wright no longer has a meaningful Warranty for their tools. with Like.
I’ve been gone for a long time now, but I can’t see our factory ever trying to deal with warranty on failed hand tools. The cost of...
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WWhitworth reacted to whateg01's post in the thread Just confirming other’s experiences, Wright no longer has a meaningful Warranty for their tools. with Like.
I use my tools. Not every day, but often. Enough to say I use them "much". I don't generally give a **** about the warranty on hand...
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WWhitworth reacted to IndyGarage's post in the thread Just confirming other’s experiences, Wright no longer has a meaningful Warranty for their tools. with Like.
I just can't understand the need to denigrate an entire company over a broken tool, and a stupid warranty. I have wright tools that...
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WWhitworth reacted to Yarpo's post in the thread Just confirming other’s experiences, Wright no longer has a meaningful Warranty for their tools. with Like.
I use my tools everyday.....but seriously are we in the minority or am I just...I don't know, not worried about it? First of all, I...