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    Industrial Compressed Air Accessories

    5cfm is a rather small unit but they are out there that small. A non heated unit will require some of its supply as regen air so you will need more than 5cfm of air to run one. I have a Parker-Hannifin, Zander model KMT8 50cfm and they make a KMT-1, 4cfm and KMT-2, 8cfm models that would...
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    Looking for an opinion, IR experts welcome

    It's clear from the pictures you posted that the grip will NOT fit with out cutting it out for the speed control knob on the bottom of the hand grip. They may have the same motor guts but the main castings are clearly not the same. William...
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    Educate me pls on compressor science 101

    Well those 2 units are really the same compressor and the second is $1100 more for the options. IMHO it's not worth the extra $$$ just to get an aftercooler and a tank drain. You can get those items for WAY less $$$$. Also as others have said your SOL on running either of those compressors (...
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    Educate me pls on compressor science 101

    An intercooler is used for a completely different function than an aftercooler is. The intercooler is used to increase the thermodynamic efficiency of a multistage compressor. It reduces the temperature of the compressed gas between the stages of the compressor, and allows the compression of...
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    Compression - Show Off Your Compressor

    You might like it but if your running them on a single phase non-commercial service your neighbors and the power co are not going to be happy:shocking::shocking: My 390 @ 20 hp pulls 135amps @500v 3 phase on start up, yours is going to hit 300-350 EASY on start up! I recommend you repower...
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    My Shop AKA the obsession

    So like I mentioned in another message I'm working on the restoration of my Powermatic 72 14" tablesaw. I purchased the saw about 8 years ago on e-bay. When it arrived I was not happy to see that some hack had replaced the stock motor with a normal 7.5hp 184t framed motor. To do this...
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    My Shop AKA the obsession

    It sure is a nice tool to use, I have been hacking away on another project with it, like I needed another one :scared::scared: William....
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    My Shop AKA the obsession

    So here are some more of the projects pictures Here is the sander that goes with the spindle I made This is a super sweet machine and top shelve stuff. I have wanted one of these machines ever sense I first saw one years ago. Sold mainly to pattern makers, these Kindt-Collins Master...
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    My Shop AKA the obsession

    Well I'm still dreaming about the house, and when I do build it I will post about it too as it will also need a garage. :) I would like to have the house funded as a pay as ya go deal, but I may have to bite the bullet and just get a loan, but it is sure nice not to have one...... Thanks...
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    3 phase compressor pricing in your area??

    The only way I would buy a single phase compressor is if it was 120V. I refuse to buy any larger single phase machines, they are worthless to me. Same deal with single voltage 240v 3 phase stuff. Normally only smaller consumer machines are worth more $$ in single phase rather than 3 phase...
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    Old air compressor

    No way it's a 390 pump. It's much smaller than that, look at the belt that is on the intake pipe, a 390 pump has a 2" intake size. My guess is it's a 325 or maybe a 350 pump. I would get it for the price. William...
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    Does anyone know the correct way to wire a 650R outlet?

    I don't like it either in a non commercial install. If I were the inspector I would NOT pass it. I also feel the same way about the reduced (sec 430) motor wire requirements. Unless it was a non-plug ( hardwired ) I would fail them too. There is just too great of a chance the next home owner...
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    upgraded my house to 400 amp service

    Well yes, it's a punitive charge on my rate plan :sad: If I used another plan (and more power) the demand charge would be much less. As it is now, if I do not use more than the 75kva on the peak summer and winter months (3 each), I pay no demand charges. But exceed it on the peak months...
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    upgraded my house to 400 amp service

    Yep and probably never pulls much more than 200 amps, the utility probably feeds it with a 75kva or smaller transformer too. Around here they feed 5 homes ( older 100 amp feeds) with ONE 15kva can. Is that a commercial account with demand charges for the 1200 amps?? If I run mine more than...
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    12" disc sander recomendations

    Well I guess they may seem $$$ but at a few $ per disk I don't find them to be bad. Of course you can get any size in any material/grit/backing so I don't know where you got the idea 12" disks are only for wood. I have been running 3m cloth backed PSA disks on my powermatic model 31 disk...
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    Pole barn house insurance

    Been there done that :(:mad::confused: I have been with allied insurance on mine for quite a few years now. At first I had to pay $$$ to another carrier as they were the only one that would insure my setup. "Normal" home owners insurance will not touch this type of deal. I think that the...
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    Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda.........

    Charles, I wish I had made my eve extesnsion in the back larger and had some more outside storage space, like 15' wide, would have been nice on the front too but I would have had to go with much taller walls if I put it on both sides. I also wish I had gone with 3" thick over head doors and the...
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    Anyone install a wire raceway system?

    What kind?? It is as stated, NEMA 12 lay-in style, Do you want to know what name brand's?? I have some Hoffman and also some Wiegmann stuff (as far as I know all the brands interchange??). I'm using the 6" stuff now ( seven 0000's in it now + more smaller conductors to come) but if I run...
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    Anyone install a wire raceway system?

    Looks interesting but for my use it's useless because it's derated ( after 3 current carrying conductors) just like normal conduit is. Wireway allows you to run 30 conductors before derating is required. So that's what I'm using to move from my switchboard to my subpanels, and I'm thinking...
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    Who else has a forklift in the shop? Do you consider it a tool?

    I want to know about the Paraclipse gazebo roof!! William.....
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