The Home Machinist!

At the RR, the journal box seal we now use is hard felt. We buy sheet felt and cut to fit, the stock we use is almost 1/2" thick. Most of the original seals were leather. Both should be tolerable of the offsets you mentioned, offsets with the RR axles can be in excess of 1.5 mm. Might consider using...

Thanks for the warning. A lot of good info is going to get lost.

Not a direct answer, but if you need a larger hole, knockout punches, not step drills, are the way to go.

You will need it, just wait.

Personally, I would be happy with the taping job you have described. If you want to get a professional electrician, he will be obligated to find fault, starting with a permit. I hate having to extend wires, but as long as it is in the box and visible, tolerable.

Thanks, much appreciated.

amscore1;

Do you remember the part number of the triac you used as a replacement? I figure it might be as easy to replace both on the board that I pulled and possibly end up with a good spare board. Probably not worth doing a lot of testing.

Finally opened it up and no obvious problem. Found a look alike circuit card at Bestline and ordered one. Got the new card installed today and the unit now runs without blowing the fuse. The old card is available, as noted, no obvious issue. Bestline has quite a few parts for various power feeds, al...

well, good that you found the solution.

Most impressive.

Dragged home a new, to me, drill press. A Wilton #28800, 3 hp, 12 speed, 4 MT. and power feed, made in Germany, expecting it to be a good upgrade. Weighs roughly 500#, now on a rolling base and in a vertical position. Got a minimal manual and a wiring diagram. Appears to be in generally good conditi...

Unless you are planning on doing industrial quantities of straightening, the effort and cost of maintaining an extra set of tanks, regulator, and tips, and switching back and forth, is not really worth the effort. At least that is my take.