rswyan
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- Joined
- May 12, 2004
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- Location
- Northeast Ohio
- Tractor
- Kubota B2910, Cub Cadet Pro Z 154S, Simplicity 18 CFC, Cub Cadet 782
60F and "Fair" (really ?) @ 16:15 but with wind really howling, currently under a Severe Thunderstorm Watch.
Had a Lightning Alert about an hour ago from Weatherbug. A number of limbs and trees have fallen already, Woman says one stripped the branches off one of the arborvitaes over on the west side.
Have found a VFD on Amazon I think I'm going to go with that seems well-rated and is reasonably priced, just need to check the specs on the plate on the 3 phase motor to make sure the model I order has sufficient output.
Also found a really great video from a good old boy that explains the set up which is key because I understand the documentation (probably in Ching-lish) ain't for **** ...
Now need to start looking for an enclosure to mount it in.
Still trying to figure out the best mounting solution. From an environmental perspective, ideally I would wall-mount it in the basement - which is heated and cooled conditioned space. But that seems like it could be an issue in terms of easy access to the controls.
One Unisaw owner chose to mount his (unenclosed) directly on the saw:
... but I'm not sure how good an idea that is, given that the saw will be living in the garage which is not really a conditioned space.
I may have enough 14-3 wiring to run the power from the box in the basement out to the garage, assuming that 14 gauge wire is sufficient for the power draw.
Current thoughts would be to run the power from the breaker box in the basement out to that Square D switch box that can with the saw mounted on the wall. Then run power from that to a proper twist-lock receptacle wall-mounted under the switch.
From there I can run the power from the receptacle to the VFD mounted on the saw using the proper twist-lock plugs and receptacles using some SJOOW cable.
I have a miter slot track that came with the corresponding t-track that I ordered for the router table. Need to take that t-track up when I go and see if it fits the slots on on the saw's table.
Probably also take up some polishing/rubbing compound and a gallon of water so I can have a go at the cabinet and see how it's going to clean up.
Temperature has already started to drop and is headed down to around 33F overnight so might as well take advantage of the warm temps to be able to heat the shop easily.
Not going to mess with refilling any feeders with the way the winds currently are.
Sty under my eyelid seems to be almost gone.
Hope everyone is having a great Saturday ...
Had a Lightning Alert about an hour ago from Weatherbug. A number of limbs and trees have fallen already, Woman says one stripped the branches off one of the arborvitaes over on the west side.
Have found a VFD on Amazon I think I'm going to go with that seems well-rated and is reasonably priced, just need to check the specs on the plate on the 3 phase motor to make sure the model I order has sufficient output.
Also found a really great video from a good old boy that explains the set up which is key because I understand the documentation (probably in Ching-lish) ain't for **** ...
Now need to start looking for an enclosure to mount it in.
Still trying to figure out the best mounting solution. From an environmental perspective, ideally I would wall-mount it in the basement - which is heated and cooled conditioned space. But that seems like it could be an issue in terms of easy access to the controls.
One Unisaw owner chose to mount his (unenclosed) directly on the saw:
... but I'm not sure how good an idea that is, given that the saw will be living in the garage which is not really a conditioned space.
I may have enough 14-3 wiring to run the power from the box in the basement out to the garage, assuming that 14 gauge wire is sufficient for the power draw.
Current thoughts would be to run the power from the breaker box in the basement out to that Square D switch box that can with the saw mounted on the wall. Then run power from that to a proper twist-lock receptacle wall-mounted under the switch.
From there I can run the power from the receptacle to the VFD mounted on the saw using the proper twist-lock plugs and receptacles using some SJOOW cable.
I have a miter slot track that came with the corresponding t-track that I ordered for the router table. Need to take that t-track up when I go and see if it fits the slots on on the saw's table.
Probably also take up some polishing/rubbing compound and a gallon of water so I can have a go at the cabinet and see how it's going to clean up.
Temperature has already started to drop and is headed down to around 33F overnight so might as well take advantage of the warm temps to be able to heat the shop easily.
Not going to mess with refilling any feeders with the way the winds currently are.
Sty under my eyelid seems to be almost gone.
Hope everyone is having a great Saturday ...
1/2" snow on/off rain 1 maybe 3 inches most of the storm exiting around 9pm,rest on/off snow over night.
