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Looking for a proximity sensor setup
I am looking for some sort of proximity sensor setup that would operate within a range of a few feet. Basically I would like something that would operate a switch to send power to a component when a fob of some sort is within range. I don't want something that would need a button to be pushed... -
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Trying to find heating iron for a tool I'm building
A bit of a random question but I'm trying to find an electric iron (basically like a clothes iron) that's just the heating element mounted in an aluminum housing without a handle that's meant to be mounted to a machine. If I need to I can make my own but if it's an off the shelf part that's... -
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Hydraulic press help
I have a 4 post hydraulic laminating press that has a bunch of pneumatic stuff on it to hold pressure and heat whatever is being laminated. I want to get rid of the pneumatics and heaters just to use it as a regular press with a simple hand controlled spool valve. I'm just trying to figure out... -
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Phase converter sizing
I know this topic comes up a lot but I always hear to double the hp of the motor you are running for a rotary phase converter. I have a four post hydraulic press with a 3hp motor and I'm wondering if I can get away with using a 5hp motor for the phase converter because I already have that motor...- Frenchy
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- Forum: Transformers, Phase Converters and VFD
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When did steel box tubing become a commonly available material?
I tend to be one of those people that agonizes about making everything period correct whenever I work on any old projects. I was just wondering when steel box tubing first became a common readily available material. Seems that most structural fab work was made up of round tubing and angle back...- Frenchy
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- Forum: Antique Machinery and History
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Colonial Gunsmith Video
Thought this was a really interesting video on building a flintlock rifle with historically correct tools and methods. It's an hour long but well worth watching. -Tim Colonial Gunsmith - YouTube- Frenchy
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- Forum: Antique Machinery and History
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OT: 73rd anniversary of Operation Overlord
With the number of WWII vets dwindling with each passing year, I always find myself stopping to remember and appreciate what that generation went through and contributed to our country on these anniversaries. Seventy three years ago today was the beginning of the allied invasion of Normandy...- Frenchy
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- Forum: Antique Machinery and History
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Did "pattern" tab go away for Camworks 2017 3D operation parameters?
Let me start off by saying that I hardly have any 3D milling experience, and I'm having some issues with a program in Camworks (I miss running manual machines). In all of the youtube videos, and in the Camworks tutorial within Camworks 2017, they show a "pattern" tab in the operation parameters... -
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Just bought a Brown & Sharpe 3A universal mill. Looking for info
So I just picked up an old B&S 3A horizontal mill. I believe is is a wartime machine but I haven't found the date of manufacture yet. The serial number is 2506, and above the serial number It is stamped "D.P.C.-3044-2 GAC-A". I'm assuming the "D.P.C." is the Defense Plant Corp.? Also, I'm...- Frenchy
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Hydraulic Shear Plumbing
I am in the process of converting a mechanical shear to hydraulic and I am trying to figure out the best way to set it up. I have no previous experience with hydraulics so I am learning as I go. I have the power unit, two dual acting cylinders, and the limit switches and foot pedal. I still... -
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Foundry question on lathe bed casting
I know this is not a machining question, but I figured someone here might know. I have a very limited knowledge of sand casting and I was wondering if someone could explain to me how they mold small South Bend, or other similar small lathe beds (not the modern square style beds). For example...