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Understood. And you are correct that my experience is limited to to computers and electronics (which is why I stated it), which is DC. You say your wife is pissed you're killing too much time on it...sounds like she is losing her capacitance too. This has nothing to do with your dilemma, only...

My capacitor experience is limited to computers and electronics. That being said, I'm not aware of any instance where a device was damaged by installing a cap at a higher value than spec'd. Capacitors are like miniature rechargeable batters designed to smooth out and control current flow. If...

10. CUSTOMS: The unit lends itself to mods because it is a kit. I read where someone used a dimmer switch to regulate the speed of the grinder. I read where another person hooked the grinder to a foot switch. Still another wired in a toggle switch so he didn’t have to mess with the grinder...

9. ARM STOP: At the bottom front of the slide assembly is an adjustable stop for the pull-down arm. I haven’t tried mine yet because my particular grinder head meets the top of front jaw long before the cut-off wheel would make contact with the bench below. I’d use it when I might want to...

8. WHEEL GUARD: Trust me when I tell you that the included wheel guard is a worthless piece of dreck. It makes me suspect that to legally sell it in the States, such a grinder stand had to be furnished with a wheel guard, so they provided a guard shaped object. Without going into details about...

7. VISE CLAMP: The clamp comes pre-installed on the base and so requires no assembly. The metal jaws can be independently positioned in the long jaw slot and then locked into the desired position. The 6mm bolts in the front jaw and dynamic pivot jaw are secured with nuts underneath that are...

6. SLIDER: The slider works great. The small screw knob does a great job in locking down the rails, which allows you to set a variety of pivot positions not possible with the fixed pivot models. One potential issue is that the slider has a long enough travel so the cutting wheel might cut into...

5. GRINDER MOUNTING: The mounting system comprises two mounting brackets, two bracket cups, two sets of mounting bolts with nuts (M8 and M10 depending on your grinder), two sets of bushings (for the M8 or M10), and two adjustable brace screws with swiveling end pads. The long brace screw with...

4. MOUNTING THE SLIDER/ARM ASSEMBLY: Here is another joke from the vendor videos. You watch them placing the assembly on the base, dropping the three 5mm bolts into the mounting foot, and next seemingly tightening them with a hex key. Hardy-har-har-har. What they don’t show are the 10mm flange...

3. GRINDER: Most vendors of this stand spec it for 100mm to 125mm angle grinders, which equates to 4” to 5”. I think most use the common 4-1/2” like I did. Your angle grinder needs to have the threaded side-handle holes on both the left and right sides of the head. For my grinder, I used a...

2. TOOLS: The fasteners comprise several sizes hex key bolts of 4mm, 5mm and 6mm (4mm for the brace screws, 5mm for the assembly foot and spindle nut block, 6mm for the jaws and mounting brackets). Hex keys are provided with the kit, but they’re kind of short and a pain to use (we all know about...

1. OVERVIEW: I bought the stand with the slide as shown in link in my original post https://www.amazon.com/dp/B085MYWRT5/?tag=atomicindus08-20. It appears that all the Amazon listings showing the slide version in the green paint are the identical item. After finally getting the chance to put it...

Looks like you need a puller?

I'm in the DIY camp too. I don't think you'll "regret" not having those 5/8 or 15mm in a 1/4" drive. It sounds as if you might feel your set would not be complete without them, and so in that case you might buy them just for peace of mind, pride of ownership, and confidence that your set will...

UPDATE #1. Received the stand in the mail today. It's a bit heavier-made than I expected. Everything was very well thought out by the engineers who designed it. The slides are ball-bearing guided (you can feel it). Arm pivot is very tight with no lateral play. It's got a lot of places that you...

Yep, old school. I was brought up by an old school aircraft mechanic who cut his wrenching chops in the 1930s-40s, and continued to work that way through the 1950s, and then the 1960s when he schooled me. Back in his day, hardly anyone used 3/8" drive. Everything was 1/2" with a 1/4" (or...

Tossing my hat in the ring....my Dad had (and so, now I have) a ton of these from the Navy Yard (numerous different lengths) along with a ton of lock nuts. He called them shoulder bolts. Some of them also had the hole in the threaded end for that securing wire (can't remember the 'official' name...

I like this line of thinking. Perhaps a recess could be mill4ed on the outside perimeter and a plate/block installed there also. There's gotta be a way to get this back 8into service--that's too big a piece of iron to give up on it. I might go as far as devising a completely new base with some...

I have such a foam seat that fits on a 5-gal bucket, so I suspect they can be bought separately. The bucket I have is for fishing, holding tackle or bait, then you put the seat lid on and sit while you're waiting for a bite. So you might look into the fishing tackle market to find one. I think...