In one of the threads PM auto linked as "similar" there was this suggestion for a Fuji drive:
https://slaymakergroup.com/electric-motors/products/fuji-vfd-drive-40-hp-230v-1-ph-3-ph-input-3-ph-output-frn040g1s-2u/
I am also curious about the state of these things. I have a 15 HP three phase...
This is super risky to do. If they go bankrupt, the bankruptcy court will take the money back from you. They will say it was preferential treatment and that the money should have gone to creditors with better claims. The court will literally take the money right from your bank account. Years...
NET 30 means you have payment in hand by 30 days after the invoice.
As others have alluded to, it's not a huge deal on a thousand dollars of parts if people stretch it to 30 days before they think about paying + next check run + a week to get to you. That's pretty standard.
But it absolutely...
A crating company is the way to go. Have them collect your latest prize and put it in a box. That is what they do. Then have LTL grab the box from the crating company. I did this years ago in Portland with a couple of pick and place machines. The robots that build electronics. They picked up the...
There seems to be different whines of screw compressors. I had a leaky VMC and the piston compressor was driving me nuts banging away. So I bought a Kaeser 5 HP screw compressor. It sounds like a vacuum and I don't really enjoy it. Better than the piston compressor, but still annoying. Earlier...
My personal take on it is that I'm never interested in being unsafe. I don't overload the trailer and I don't have an tow vehicle that isn't rated for the combination. My tires are good and everything is well maintained.
But as I understand it, in my state, the second I attach a >=10k rated...
And moving a planer mill across state lines is non-commercial? Around these parts even the Friday night dirt track racing guys are treated as commercial. They have a chance to win $500, so DOT says they are commercial. The only group that seems actually get treated as non-commercial are the...
Are you sure you can't do the whole blank on the laser? If you can get a vendor to cut slow and pay attention, you can get amazing cut quality on steel on a fiber laser. I've been buying laser parts for 20+ years. But I finally got my own fiber laser and I am blown away at the cut quality I can...
I've had pretty good luck with the China / Amazon HSS cutters. Here is one from a brand I have used:
https://www.amazon.com/Accusize-Tools-Annular-Cutters-Standard/dp/B00PYHHOI0
I think they are pretty forgiving. Even if you break a tooth off you can keep going if you baby it. We do almost...
The legality of hauling any trailer over 10k lbs with your class d license is pretty clear. It's not. But there's a whole lot of them on the road every day. As I see it (and treat it), it's a matter of risk. If you are able to tolerate the risk of not having a CDL, then towing over the 10k...
The tapping arm collets are just like a cordless drill. Ball bearings between plates with springs or something. I don't see why they wouldn't work on a lathe if you had a tension compression type holder to let them float in and out as well if you are driving the turret out of sync with what it...
Around here at least, you can't get a roofing company that isn't doing the storm damage claim. I have multiple roofs that are just worn out but I can't find a contractor that will do them. The fly-by-night quoted without setting foot on site places are 2x or 3x what the job should be. And I've...
I have a proper machine and all of my holders are discolored. But even discolored, they make smoother parts than most of my non shrink fit holders.
Should I be on pins and needles that my shrink fit holder is going to explode? Will it explode in the machine or is it going to take out a wall of...
You are going to have to get to be good to be able to replicate what a modern press brake can do. And parts longer than 4' is going to be another big hurdle. Tonnage gets used up quickly on long parts. Crowning becomes a huge issue. Finding a different vendor who can form your 4'+ long parts...
When I was just getting started I used PVC bar stock or HDPE flat sheet to test things out. Plastics have come up a lot in price and aluminum is probably cheaper now. As your skills mature you start to get comfortable with pressing the button on more expensive stock and knowing you are likely to...
I used MAPP torches for a while and they shrink in tools fine. They aren't fantastic for getting tools out. I had a run for a while where I used shrink fit 1/2" holders for HSSCo spot drills. I never got one of those out with the MAPP torch but they all come out fine with the Techniks induction...
The comment about waterjet using less electricity than laser seems interesting to me. I have a 3kW fiber laser. It's not the latest and greatest, but technology on it (IPS power source, modern servo drives, modern PC and NC controls) is similar to most fiber laser. It's on a 100 amp 208V...
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