On 10/10/2013 4:23 PM, John Grossbohlin wrote:
Has anyone come across an article that compares and contrasts various
power feeds across various applications? Of particular interest is the
use of power feeds on shapers (3 HP), table saws (3 HP), and also for
use on large bandsaws (e.g., 36" 5 HP) for resawing. I didn't find
anything like this on the FWW or PWW sites though Lonnie Bird's book on
shapers discusses power feed use but in generic terms...

What, specifically do you have in mind as points of comparison?

For anything of the size of 3 HP and larger the question of trying to
get by with 120V instead of 240 is just silly unless there's some
really, really, really unusual reason. If one has access to 3 phase one
can find much cheaper deals on used gear because the general population
of potential purchasers goes way down which if one is looking for
acquisition can make up for a large part of the cost of a converter.

As for controls, it's also just silly to not put LV controls on any and
everything of such size...

But, if there's something else bothering you, ask away...

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