When I built my workshop in 2013 REMC put in a new transformer at the base of the pole and brought 240v service to the workshop in an underground conduit. They gave me a meter base to install and...
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When I built my workshop in 2013 REMC put in a new transformer at the base of the pole and brought 240v service to the workshop in an underground conduit. They gave me a meter base to install and...
I feel your pain.
What I’m thinking is the switch somehow developed a short which caused the black wire to fry and created an open connection in the black leg. You mention that a loose wire causes lower voltage and...
Thank you both for your ideas, it gives me a way to start troubleshooting. I will go thru the load center and check all connections. As I recall it is the type where ground comes in and connects to a...
I know many of you on this forum have a strong background in electrical power and wiring so I hope someone can help me troubleshoot this situation before I loose any more equipment. I built my...
I decided to cut it into several smaller bowls, each about 6”. This way I was able to capture a lot of the complex ambrosia stain patterns. I’m not completely certain what species of maple it is but...
I saw the utility people cutting trees a couple of days ago so I went back on Saturday morning and threw a few hunks of wood into my truck. I got some nice red mulberry which I’ll use for tool...
I think I’ll try making my own tap, the knob is only brass so it should be easy to tap. I’ve got some chrome/moly steel rod laying around so I’ll thread it to 9/32-24 on my lathe then cut some flutes...
I can see a problem getting the stud out of the frog without damage. I think I could buy a 9/32-24 LH machine screw from McMaster-Carr, cut some flutes in it, taper it a bit on a grinder like a tap...
The threads don’t look worn at all and the old knob threads are too small to take a 5/16 screw. My first thought was to turn a new knurl on the old knob but that involves making some sort of shaft to...
Recently my wife and I went on a 30th anniversary driving trip. Our plan was to eat at as many BBQ joints in southern states as possible in 5 days. We ate at BBQ joints in Kentucky, Tennessee, North...
I took Thomas’s advise and put it on a 3” faceplate and turned the bottom. I cut the area with the crack out before I put the faceplate on. The wood is fairly solid at the base but gets very punky...
Thanks, Leo, the wood doesn’t seem very dense and it does look like your photos of yellow birch so I’ll call it that, at least for now. I like Thomas’s idea of cutting it down a bit and putting on a...
It’s a hemispheric hunk of wood but it’s not a burl. I rounded the corners on the bandsaw then put it on the lathe. After just a couple of minutes of turning I stopped it to check how it was holding...
I wasn’t thinking of buying a coring system just for this piece, I’ve been thinking about getting one for a few years, I just need something to push me over the edge. But this hunk of wood may not be...
I keep looking for a good excuse to buy a coring system and this may be it. Sounds like I should flatten one side on my bandsaw, put on a face plate and turn it round, then see if the inside is...
Yes, I had thought of turning one big bowl out of it. I could probably get one bowl about 10-11” día. My concern is that a lot of interesting figure will be turned away. I thought if I could get...
Recently a friend of my wife´s gave me a hunk of wood. He doesn’t know anything about except it was in the way in his workshop. He thought I might try turning it. I’d like to cut it up and turn a few...
I hadn't thought of doing it that way, Bill, I didn't know there was a way to make the 460v motor run on 220. I was going to just get a new drum switch and wire that according to the Baldor wiring...
Andy, I'm glad you didn't give in to the temptation to get a junky lathe and mill just because they are cheap. There's nothing like the smooth sturdy feel of a real vintage American lathe.
As primarily a wood turner and cabinet maker I don't really need a metal lathe and don't know much about them, but I've always been fascinated by metal turning and dreamed of owning a real tool room...
Good one Dan, I love it!
The spectrum seems to be a bit on the warm side but not too far from daylight. It's not a huge surgical light, 18" but much larger than a dental light, it could be meant...
The hospital I used to work at recently did some remodeling and replaced a number of surgical lights. They were going to scrap them and offered them to people who worked there for personal use. A...
Thanks everyone, this is the sort of info I need. At this point it's unclear where he will be buried due to the circumstances of his death. I'm told the national military cemetery will not accept...
Has anyone been asked to turn an urn to hold someone's ashes after cremation? I've had such a request and I'm wondering about specific requirements. I believe the urn will be buried in a cemetery. I...