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The stand that Busy bee sells for that machine is 32 1/2" tall . The stand that King Canada sells for that mill is 32 1/4" tall. Both of the Mill / Drill machines you mentioned are small- ish . The stand I'm selling is 28 1/2" tall , it's for a medium sized Mill / Drill . This is what was on it

FFS ...... Still here ...... Trades ? This piece does not fit in with my garage destruction / reconstruction plan . I'm rearranging the shop when repairs are finished and I am making room , purging and re-evaluating the clutter .

The terminal strip inside the VFD housing . The connection of input power and the motor is clear , my confusion lies with , I am not sure what switches to buy

The drawing I was referring to .

Does anyone have any idea what kind of switches I need to buy ? . I intend to have an E stop switch ( got one ) , a forward and reverse switch , similar to the way this machine was setup before when it had contactors , the difference being , The VFD is in control now , all of the original...

Benchtop of floor model ?

Abrasives are not cheap either , course , medium , fine , it gets spendy

Is it a bare machine or does it include any mandrels ?

The siding has been an ongoing argument with the Adjustor ( female , has to get the last word in ) . The siding on the shed is only a couple of years old , when I built the shed I chose the siding that most closely matched the colour of the siding on the garage , I still have the receipts and...

The repairs started near the end of march , a bit of a slow process ........ I've been trying to negotiate with the insurance adjustor and the restoration company , not an easy process . I am now sharing some of the repair work after waiting , with very little happening . The framers have been...

The one here is used for engine projects , it's tooled up pretty good , sadly it's an expensive machine to outfit ...... almost anything Sunnen on ebay is super expensive . To fill the oil reservoir is now sneaking up close to a thousand dollars :oops: , There are ways to extend the life of the...

Still gathering parts n' supplies to get this mill running . I have a Huanyang 2.2 kw VFD , some cable , terminal strips , an E stop button , a junction box , a 24 volt digital tachometer and more . I have gutted all of the old stuff out of the machine , the contactors , switches etc . I kinda...

Cars are disposable , more so in the rust belt , I realized this at some point , probably when I started driving 140 km / day to get to work . I used to try and keep on top of the rust when it became a problem and have restored a number of vehicles , 3 of them were frame off restorations ...

Ooooo ........... Sunnen stuff

5.3 ? That oil pump likely ate something , like debris from ?? ....... thinkin , the cam and lifters on those are suspect .