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Hi voltage blues
The power to my shop runs on the high side. This has caused problems
with the spindle drive in one of my machines. Thanks to Paul Drahn I will have some transformers soon to rectify, oh wait, it's AC, so remedy is a better word choice, the power problem. In the meantime, with the 8 inch chuck on the lathe, the power keeps spiking past the limit and the lathe shuts down. So to lower the voltage I need to run the manual lathe and the Bridgeport mill. Sheesh! I won't be getting the transformers until the monday after Thanksgiving because of various reasons, none of which have to do with the kind transformer donor Paul Drahn or his son who lugged the things 1/12 hours closer to me. And even if I had them I'm too busy to take the time to shut the machine down to wire the voltage changers in. Fortunately all the power consumed by the extra motors running contributes to heating the shop so I can't complain too much. I just wanted to vent. And speaking of the word vent, when I was a child my brothers and I would look through encyclopedias at the pictures (artists conceptions) of dinosaurs. There would be descriptions printed by and on the pictures with arrows pointing to the descripted item. Eye, tail etc. We used to laugh at the arrow pointing to the anus because it always said "vent". So vent has always made myself and my brothers laugh. And we are all pretty close to 60 years old. Eric |
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