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5097
For All, I have obtained all the parts needed to make a cheap stick weldernator. However, my 2 HP motor turns CCW and the alternator is to turn CW. Any...
Lance
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Mar 4, 2008
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5098
Hi Lance Can you weld up a frame so that the alternator can be turned 180 degrees. I have done this on the MM when a HF motor turned the wrong way and could...
Pat Delany
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Mar 4, 2008
3:59 pm
5099
could you put the motor on the opposite side of the alt - like this? MOTOR-| ... From: multimachine@yahoogroups.com [mailto:multimachine@yahoogroups.com] On ...
Matt Westveld
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Mar 4, 2008
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5100
Thanks Matt Exactly! A non-reversible motor can usually be run this way. In fact it the easiest way took up the MM. Pat ... ...
Pat Delany
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Mar 4, 2008
5:26 pm
5101
He got the "almost free" Cole drill project going again and now is building an Weldernator. Lance has the "stick to it" spirit that gets a project going. Our...
Pat Delany
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Mar 4, 2008
7:15 pm
5102
Hi, Lance. I have a couple of thoughts -- easiest is to just operate the alternator backwards. Electrically, it will operate either direction just as well,...
Donald H Locker
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Mar 4, 2008
11:45 pm
5103
The alternator doesn't care which way it spins as long as it doesn't overheat. Some fans on the front pulley flow cooling air more effectively in one...
Darwin Wandler
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Mar 5, 2008
11:33 pm
5104
Would the Gingery books qualify as open source? He has plans for brakes and benders available. I've also seen them on-line.. I may have the bookmarks. I also...
Lance
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Mar 6, 2008
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5105
I wish they were! I was hoping to find plans that either the British Govt. or the UN published in the 50's and 60's because I know they wouldn't sue me. Pat...
Pat Delany
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Mar 6, 2008
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5106
... Hi Lance, NO ,the Gingery books are not qualified as open source. Of course you can do a shortcut, to any web page, but you can't show in a web page their...
cvlac
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Mar 6, 2008
9:24 am
5107
I know this is nothing to do with this group but the concept bears a good hard look at for moving any heavy object in the workshop ...
Charles Mitchard
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Mar 6, 2008
10:39 am
5108
dfm/ Back in about 1953 an uncle answered my querie on how to reverse a 110/120V. 1725 rpm motor by saying to just move the wires around and see if it buzzes...
a1g2r3i
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Mar 6, 2008
2:04 pm
5109
Great video. Well worth watching. Thanks, Juan Charles Mitchard <charlesmitchard@...> wrote: I know this is nothing to...
juan Sias
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Mar 6, 2008
3:31 pm
5110
... I think I must be a little confused here. If all you're doing is trying to be able to switch polarity from DC Pos to DC Reverse, why not just stop by Home...
Michael Shirley
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Mar 6, 2008
3:31 pm
5111
Hi, ... I seriously doubt it; as an example the lathe book is dated 1980 while the first rumblings of the GPL started around 1985 or so, and Creative Commons...
Bob Apthorpe
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Mar 6, 2008
3:31 pm
5112
was waiting for the trebuchet action to kick in and fling him acroos the field ...that would have been funny! don ... wrote: I...
amacatfan2000
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Mar 6, 2008
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5113
... I personally wouldn't simply use that as the criteria--I mean things could satisfy the spirit of open source even if created before the GPL. Having never...
Randy Kramer
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Mar 6, 2008
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5114
... For those of us on a dial-up connection, can anyone give a few hints about what is covered? I assume it's about various simple means for moving heavy ...
Randy Kramer
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Mar 6, 2008
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5115
leverage and pivotes ...... ... For those of us on a dial-up connection, can anyone give a few hints about what is covered? I assume it's about various simple...
don jay
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Mar 6, 2008
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5116
... Don, Thank you! Randy Kramer...
Randy Kramer
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Mar 6, 2008
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5117
I posted the drawing in my folder of a cobbled press that should make a good drill frame or arbor press. A sissor jack could be used in place of the hydraulic....
Gene
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Mar 6, 2008
6:47 pm
5118
... Pat, In your above statement, you suggested that a long internal thread be cut to make a 'Cole' drill. My idea with the 'C' clamp version has the force on...
Gene
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Mar 6, 2008
7:05 pm
5119
Gene, I really like your idea of applying pressure from the bottom. What I really want is dozens (hundreds maybe) of unusual, simple ways to drill holes. Many...
Pat Delany
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Mar 6, 2008
7:15 pm
5120
Gene, I think that this is an absolutely wonderful design! A drill like this could last a lifetime. Pat ... make a ... together....
Pat Delany
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Mar 6, 2008
7:23 pm
5121
Why wouldn't you just flip the alternator end to end? Instead of the pulleys facing the same direction, have them face the opposite direction. (On second...
Jason Laughon
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Mar 6, 2008
8:19 pm
5122
Thanks Jason I think this is what people were trying to say. I don't know why but I had trouble explaining this. Pat ... ...
Pat Delany
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Mar 6, 2008
8:28 pm
5123
Lance built us a crate wood model that really works, Gene sent us a design for a great shop drill, one more design will really round out the project. We need...
Pat Delany
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Mar 6, 2008
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5124
On Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:19:53 -0800, Jason Laughon <jasonlawn76@...> ... If you've got that rectifier board and voltage regulator inside of the case, it...
Michael Shirley
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Mar 6, 2008
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5125
I added another drawing to my photo folder of a front steering axle drill idea. Cars and truck have many wonerful parts that are just waiting to be used for...
Gene
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Mar 6, 2008
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5126
... From: Pat Delany To: multimachine@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 3:28 PM Subject: Re: [multimachine] Re: Weldernator project Thanks Jason I...
Bill F
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