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  • Several Regions have held meetups already, but others are being planned or are evaluating the interest. The Calgary Area Meetup is set for Saturday July 12th at 10am. The signup thread is here! Arbutus has also explored interest in a Fraser Valley meetup but it seems members either missed his thread or had other plans. Let him know if you are interested in a meetup later in the year by posting here! Slowpoke is trying to pull together an Ottawa area meetup later this summer. No date has been selected yet, so let him know if you are interested here! We are not aware of any other meetups being planned this year. If you are interested in doing something in your area, let everyone know and make it happen! Meetups are a great way to make new machining friends and get hands on help in your area. Don’t be shy, sign up and come, or plan your own meetup!

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    Tips/Techniques Renzetti does it again

    Wow. The more I learn, the less I know.
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    East bound and down!

    Glad to have you back! You are just a short trip away from me now. Only 2.5 hours. The shop planning is a challenging but rewarding task. My shop is just starting the build today.
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    phase converter question

    I was told that you need to size the RPC to the load.This is especially important for hard starting loads like hydraulic pumps and compressors. For these loads it is recommended that the RPC be sized to 2x the load. Therefore for a 3 hp compressor you could get away with a 5 hp RPC. Does your...
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    Klopp clapper

    I did think of welding or brazing, but it is cast iron and the clapper fits very snug side to side in the box. I am afraid that welding will distort things and make the repair even more difficult. The clapper only moves vertically during a cut. I may just ream it as Tom O suggested and see what...
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    Klopp clapper

    Yup! 5000 pounds of fun.
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    Klopp clapper

    You are right. Here are a few pictures that may help visualize what is going in Clapper box ith clapper. The yellow cable is part of the clapper lifter. The clapper sitting on top of the clapper box. The hole that has the pin holding them together is slightly egg shaped and the pin is worn as...
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    Klopp clapper

    So I take a good look at the clapper on my Klopp 650H shaper trying to figure out why the surface finish is so poor. I figured that is was my inability to properly sharpen and shape my tools. This is only partially the problem. The main issue is that the previous owner bored out the taper pin...
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    EMCO Maximat 13 Update

    The motor size is an IEC 100 frame size. There is no NEMA frame size that corresponds to this European motor. As you can see it is a 440 volt only 2 speed motor. Im sure i could adapt a motor but the cost of a 3 hp 240V motor is nearly the same as the VFD I’m looking at. It would also be single...
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    EMCO Maximat 13 Update

    I‘mstill working on powering it up. Due to the motor being a Dahlander 2 speed 440 volt it is kind of difficult to decide whether to just pick up a transformer or use one of the VFD’s i have seen that will take 240 single phase and bump it to 440 3 phase. This is the way I think I will go...
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    Vise option

    Kurt occasionally offers scratch and dent sales on their vises. I picked up a DX6 last summer from them for about $750 delivered. This is much cheaper than buying new from any of the regulat tool companies. Also most vises will require you to pay shipping since they are drop shipped from Kurt...
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    Inexpensive Imperial tap set

    I agree to some extent about Japan being the China of the 70’s. It was also Taiwan making poor stuff then too as I recall. Now, they are both considered better than China quality. The tap and die handles are definitely not the highest quality and finish but the are quite good compared to the...
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    Inexpensive Imperial tap set

    Picked this up the other night. Thought it was worth the $25 asking price.Made in Japan. Not Snap On quality but better than most inexpensive sets now available.
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    Plasma cutters, which kind do you have and does it perform to your satisfaction.

    I had a Miller Spectrum 375 Extreme. Nice unit for two years then it wouldn’t strike an arc. Main board is fried. $1000 for the board. For a plasma cutter i paid $1200 for. Loved the size but what a lemon. Found out that this was not an uncommon problem with the Miller plasma cutters. I...
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    Everlast all in one

    That looks like an interesting unit. But……why is only Everlast making these combined welder/plasma cutter all in one units and not the other big names like Miller, Lincoln or ESAB? While Everlast welders have a generally good but not excellent reputation, a quick search of real world users shows...
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    How bad of an idea is it to cut structure out of my lathe base?

    A significantly smaller frame size motor like a 56 would possibly fit in there. For a 3 hp motor they are around 6 to 7 inches in diameter . The motor you have appears to be a much larger frame size like a 182 or 213. These are significantly larger than the 56. Where on the casting of the lathe...
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