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Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) group therapy thread
Brumby:
I said space ... that includes room.
It also covers rooms, buildings and land (that you could put buildings on).
mnementh:
--- Quote from: tautech on May 29, 2018, 04:13:30 am ---mnem
Are you sure that saw blade is running fast enough ? Tip speed should be 10,000 ft/min, regardless of diameter.
C = Pi * d ;)
Oh and if it's TCT they give excellent service even though they're a bit harder to drive than a plain steel blade.
I had to do a few :-/O's on the McKenzie when I got it home from the road trip as I think it was originally single phase and the 2hp 3ph mator that came with it was loose, not even mounted and with no twin Vee belt pulley. I had one that was almost perfect ratio, mounted it and the motor and wired in a DOL starter/contactor.
Been goin' great guns ever since.
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Too many toys !
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*Gives a look like a tree full of owls*
Not a clue. I do know the drivetrain appears to be all original; the only thing missing was the belt and a few bolts on the intermediary brackets. I know it cuts awesome and clean, even with that cheap blade, and it never burned the wood, not even a little bit. Honestly, I'm loathe to mess with it in any way, aside from getting a functional rip fence fabricated for it.
Yes, definitely a carbide blade; that's been a minimum requirement of mine on any circular saw since I was about 12 and learned the hard way how poor a value the cheap-cheap blades are. These family of saws appear to have quite a loyal following; due to their brutal weight, they are often bought cheap on CL from folks just wanting to not have to handle their heavy arse any more. That heavy weight does translate into two things: One, a very stable work surface, and two, the huge mass of cast iron drops the resonant frequency to sub-audible range, eliminating almost all the evils that a ringing blade bring with.
The 3HP rating is known to be very optimistic; these use a 1.5HP Continuous-duty capacitor-drive motor capable of delivering 3HP at near LRA, which method the entire power tool industry has taken to using as a "developed HP" rating. You can't fault Craftsman for that; they have to rate their products similarly to be able to compete, and to be comparable to other tools in the same class.
When I first saw it, I thought "Holy BLEEP!ing BLEEP!crackers!!! A 3HP motor on a 10" saw? What'd they built it to cut...? Concrete...?"
mnem
*Back out into the suck*
bd139:
Is it bad that I have considered attaching one to the front of my car? :-DD
Brumby:
--- Quote from: bd139 on May 29, 2018, 01:34:52 pm ---Is it bad that I have considered attaching one to the front of my car? :-DD
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Not at all.
Actually doing it though ......
Cerebus:
--- Quote from: bd139 on May 29, 2018, 01:34:52 pm ---Is it bad that I have considered attaching one to the front of my car? :-DD
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Personally I've always thought that a couple of 20 mm Oerlikons would be just the ticket.
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