new house for mike

[M4wdFab]

not really, ill get some.  not really emergency.  just guessed wrong and no exhaust fan or micro wave right now haha. 


didnt have time to trace and label wires before swap so its luck of the draw what i got! in the 10 breakers i had

[M4wdFab]

grabbed the 8 breakers greece lowes had in stock.


panel swap complete!

[M4wdFab]

found a new band saw last night exactly what i was looking for.  paid half of what i let delphi ones go for auction, and this one is a 2001 model actually with Air power lift! 

154" blade 2hp 230v 3phase

hooked it up and swapped the new blade it also came with, made some tweaks and adjustments, cuts mint. 

big girl and i like it. 

[M4wdFab]

crane is def nice to move this guy

[M4wdFab]

tried some DIY cutting fluid

4 gals water
3 cups dish soap
1quart motor oil

got the cutting tray, tank, pump cleaned out and working on the new saw. 

[mr.mindless]

I did very similar, after sitting a while it came out of solution. I think I used atf not motor oil. After sitting still a couple weeks, it was just red on top and I was cutting with soapy water. Curious your results.

[M4wdFab]

waiting to hear back from shop that i got the saw from, they have 2 full totes of waste oil they want gone, there normal guy that owns the totes is mia.  swap new totes or bring them back empty  they have Fork lifts on site.  5 min away would be great for my winter of fuel

[mr.mindless]

Thatd be awesome! My oil scavenging has been on hold. I think I’ve got enough for this year but that’s about it.

[M4wdFab]

ha, same saw model listed for 3500$ and looks like no air lift like mine has.

winning

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/397262891866703/

[M4wdFab]

ran more conduit and wire today, added two outdoor barn lights, they are great!

Also, yesterday noticed my scissor lift batteries were not giving more than a few min run after a good 5 hour charge.  I have 4 deep cycle 12 batteries in 2 pairs to make 24volts for the unit.  some how the charging was allowing only one pair to get charged.  under load one side would drop to 5volts and the other pair would hold at 12v.  swapped one 2 batteries to mix up the pairs and after a normal charge all is good now again!  weird.  im not sure i under stand what happened, but kinda makes sense. 

[M4wdFab]

stopped tonight on my way home from moms and dentist appointments to put a deposit on this old girl.  pick up to follow when he has a forklift back on site.

sweet old machine, good amount of tooling. 

[mr.mindless]

NICE

cora's cousin swears by horizontal mills. his stuff was the first I'd ever seen one.

[M4wdFab]

Its a 16" stroke G&E shaper, so not really a mill.

got it to its home tonight, for now.  moved over the 4hp drill press a bit closer to the mill and still don't have a happy place for the new band saw thats usfull for cutting 24' sticks down (crane moves it easy though).   Id like to add 20' to my machine shop or loose one of my fab tables (2 of them become catch all / store crap benches- bah!)

internet says this shaper is all of 5500lbs being the industrial model- i believe it. 


my 4ton chain fall wouldn't budge it off the truck, nor my 3300lb manual fork lift- so lifted it off with the bendpack.   
ended up using the 3pt on the tractor at 1/2 the lever arm to pic one end and the manual fork to skate other end. 

[mr.mindless]

That’s no joke.

What’s the desire for it? I don’t understand the point versus a mill.

[M4wdFab]

with todays tooling advancements for mills yes they are not real common anymore- but automated cutting a flat 16"x16" surface is still pretty cool

also for cutting internal keyways like inside a gear or pulley




i just like it cause its old heavy and cool mostly.  Ill probably need a bigger phase converter to acually use it, the 5hp 760RPM motor is a monster.