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    New to me RF 45 ..... In the shop

    Another option not mentioned is a phase perfect converter. It will change single phase AC to correct 3 phase. By correct I mean the third leg is fully there not just there as voltage like on the cheap converters. They are available up to 20 horsepower capability last time I checked. They would...
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    New to me RF 45 ..... In the shop

    Y Yes a VFD requires programming. There is a short list of things that you have to program. Motor voltage, Max current, spin up time etc. Then are things you can program if you want to if you feel the need to tweak something later. The VFD will retain the parameters regardless of whether it is...
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    New to me RF 45 ..... In the shop

    I bought a used Harrison M300 lathe. The motor was unusable to me as it was 480 volts. I replaced the motor with a more common 240? volt one. Using a VFD really simplified the wiring. I used the original switches but eliminated all of the relays.
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    New to me RF 45 ..... In the shop

    Another vote for using a VFD. They work well. Biggest advantage of a VFD compared to a phase converter (rotary) is the VFD is silent. If you get a good one there are many adjustments you can make to tweak things. Basic set up of a VFD is really easy. I have a lathe that uses a VFD. I use it as a...
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    Weiss VM32 CNC Conversion

    You had better be sitting down if you ever price out a Greenlee DB-9 punch. You are probably looking at about a thousand bucks. I recently missed out on getting one for free.
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    Show us your shops!

    Insulation.
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    Show us your shops!

    Oh oh. Green tractors. I live in red tractor land.
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    YouTube $$

    Time to move over to Rumble. They seem to be less cancelly than youtube.
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    YouTube $$

    I run the Brave browser. By it's default settings I don't see ads. Occasionally youtube throws out a curve ball that makes it difficult to avoid ads. This is usually fixed within a few days. It's been a long time since it was an issue. Some websites are almost unusable without an ad blocker.
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    Fusion subscriptions

    There is some 4th axis available with a regular subscription. Fusion will let me do something called a rotary pattern. So basically rotary indexing. For anything that requires simultaneous movement of the rotary axis with another I would have to buy a very expensive extension. There is a pull...
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