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    Sharpening Drills.....

    I took the time to read Harold Halls article on drill bit sharpening (http://www.homews.co.uk/page354.html ). Good read but unless I missed it, for jobber bits, using a bench grinder, what sort of stone/wheel is recommended? I usually have a 1" wide 80-120 grit on my right wheel. Nothing fancy...
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    Elliot Omnimil 00 (motor options?)

    575.... yah might have to up my service ? ;)....
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    Elliot Omnimil 00 (motor options?)

    Not adverse to this recommendation, tho... all technology is a product of the devil... Using the Search on this forum "VFD", could not get any hits, does anyone have a "all about" thread they could post? Thanks
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    Elliot Omnimil 00 (motor options?)

    I accept that, tho.... at my work, every time the company launches a new product with some fangle microprocessor (product of the devil).... and the field reps spend hours on the phone with tech service... followed by "replace the board" ;-) .... Relays are all warm and comfortable! M
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    Elliot Omnimil 00 (motor options?)

    Through my work I often deal with Armature Electric (Vancouver), they do great work, saved my bacon on many of my big commercial OEM stuff. Trouble is they don't really like to mess with the small frame stuff because the aftermarket tends to have it covered. Good point tho... I should just take...
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    Elliot Omnimil 00 (motor options?)

    Curious, if I went with a 1700-1800 rpm 3ph, with the VDF, how would the overall amp draw look? (Never worked with VDF's but does pose an interesting option given I'm electrically starting with a clean slate and I think there are VDF's that take remote signal inputs to assign rotation allowing...
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    Elliot Omnimil 00 (motor options?)

    Pondering the future of a Elliot Omnimil that I have ( here is a good example of the my "OO" http://www.lathes.co.uk/elliott-omnimil-00/page2.html ), not sure I'm going to keep it or ? but I was re-evaluating a problem that kind of has me stuck. The overhead had a stock 3/4 220 1ph motor...
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    Greetings from the West Coast.

    Yes, I hate letting any equipment go... don't know how many times I have had a project in my head that ended at the "lathe"! The Mill is something I have never used but still, hard to part with. I tend to have a motto, why buy something engineered and in production when for almost 10 times...
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    Greetings from the West Coast.

    You got it. It is the "00", The electrical was simply too far gone to continue to play with. My dad had bypassed the overhead setup with a drum switch. the Horizontal was working but sketchy. The overhead motor ( Spec 3/4hp ? 1ph) is a bit bit of an odd frame size and was the source of a...
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    Greetings from the West Coast.

    Thanks all for the comments, I get it, stuff like this is very hard to replace and you have to keep yourself "busy".... but "retirement" is not going involve slipping into the old folks home! Its more about "to heck with work" and get on with "life"! (After all, as it stands, hobbies include...
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