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Hammermill
I guess the first part of quiz is to read the question properly first. So I recind my answer, of DC motor. I have no idea what the answer is yet, but the search is on.

Hammermil
Would the answer to your quiz, be a DC motor?
It can be run in either direction, slowed, and stopped while under load. Also old technology.

Harold_V wrote:Sent you a brief message by email to the IP address on the forum. Did you receive the message? (Sent the 1st)

Got it! Thanks. Sent you a message.

I will run more test tomorrow. I do not have a level yet, but I have not moved the machine since it was set up. We'll see.

I don't mean to Hijack this thread, but. :) I faced a piece of flat stock today. I have .004 in 2.5" when reading from the center toward the back side of my lathe. I have only preformed this test once now, and will take another cut with a newly ground tool later, to verify my findings. How bad ...

Thanks Glenn
I am going to give my lathe a going over tomorrow. I get what you are saying. I have never checked the spindle axis alignment.

I am no expert on motors and controls, but I know a little. The more you load a motor the more current it will draw. A motor has a "Full Load Current" rating. A motor also has a "Locked Rotor Current" rating. The full load rating is what a motor will draw, while running under ful...

I hope this and every year, is better than you last. I am grateful to each of you for the help you have given me, in my education into machine work. Even those of you whom know nothing, but are not afraid to ask, for each time you ask a question, I learn something, from the responses. I like to lear...

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Here is my 12x21 Bike garage/shop. Shop2011.jpg The table in the middle shall soon have a bike on it for construction. There are actually most of 3 bikes in there at the moment. :) One is going to get built this winter. The other bike will get reassembled next winter. At least that is the plan at th...

Hi Metal Mole I have a twin brother that is in the process of building a cnc router from scratch. Because it is just a hobby for him, he is starting small, building it of MDF, with plans to use it to make a larger and more rigid one in the future. His plans are to engrave and carve wood. I would lik...

The Resource Library has a couple of threads that cover this topic really well, and is your friend. http://www.chaski.org/homemachinist/viewforum.php?f=44 With that said. I have a 3600 rpm 6" grinder that I made a new 8" guard for. You can see a picture of it towards the bottom of this pag...

Is the cut the same width as the end mill? I am new too, but have read that it is better to cut a path under size, and then cut each side of said path, individually, to reach desired size. The reasoning is, that the flutes will not fight each other trying to hold a particular path. Or use a 3 flute ...