off topic winter projects

just pulling your leg Pete, but i would bet somewhere in a old parts house there are a few of those laying around and they will end up in the scrap pile

After much hunting (several years) and daily searches including ebay, I finally got my hands on this;



Anyone want to take a shot at what it is? I don't even think we have anyone on site that's old enough to remember them!!! A hint is, it goes along with the carbide search light I'm restoring. I had been looking for a earlier brass one but those in good shape have been going for close to 2K. Brass reproductions are out there but they get $1800 for them. I settled on this steel one because it's NOS and has all the parts. Now all I need is some calcium carbide and of course finish the search light!!

Pete, may i suggest a light bulb and 12 volts to it?

that and some oxygen in a garbage bag makes a hell of a boom.

Pete there is an old estate near me that when i worked there (heating calls) it was a private residence. the owner pointed out an out building nearby and told me it was an acetylene generating area for lighting. I wonder if it worked on the same principle .even after 25 yrs i still wonder what it did when i drive by.

the bulb and 12 volts isnt sounding that bad

Here's a picture of one of OWWM.com members 22-101's:

Pete - I was in a Sales Dog and pony presentation a couple of days ago for work.... Honeywell is making a "HVAC" specific VFD drive for single phase to 3 phase conversion.   Might be worth looking into if you wanted to preserve the old motor. Certainly some of the HVAC specific stuff would not apply, but having 3 phase with a standard 110/220 plug might be interesting.

Dreaming wrote: Pete - I was in a Sales Dog and pony presentation a couple of days ago for work.... Honeywell is making a "HVAC" specific VFD drive for single phase to 3 phase conversion.   Might be worth looking into if you wanted to preserve the old motor. Certainly some of the HVAC specific stuff would not apply, but having 3 phase with a standard 110/220 plug might be interesting.

Kris,
I've been very familiar with VFD's since there development. My first application was back in the early 70's. Lot's has happened since those big huge drives!!! I've done many VFD conversions on big presses at the plant. If you go back into this thread about my lathe restoration, you'll find I intentionally used a 3 phase motor driven by a inverter off single phase power but that was to get the variable speed and not rely on a 4 step V belt sheave set up. (BTW, it works fantastic!!!) This planer project is not the same and especially due to the old 225 frame, I would never consider using an inverter on it. VFD's produce some weird high frequency's into the motors that blow the insulation between the windings - Hence, the "inverter duty" motor.

I found a single phase motor on ebay this morning and purchased it. New and the price was less than half of what my power transmission distributor quoted.

BTW, if you do shop for motors, especially on ebay, you need to pay real close attention to the FLA (full load amps). It's a true indicator of the HP and not the BS sellers word. This holds true with the current BS on the junk air compressors you are now finding on line or at one of the home improvement stores. They are labeling Peak HP's at full locked rotor amps!!!!!! You want to look at running amps. The true amps are listed by NEMA in any reference.

Thanks for your concern!

Roger,
I missed your post since it was to close in time to my last post!!

Well you do have a couple of engines to bore so, I can appreciate your direction. Pretty soon you'll have more equipment to work on metal than wood!!

uk 1979 part2 wrote: 8122pbrainard wrote: Pretty soon you'll have more equipment to work on metal than wood!! Don't worry Pete all this metal work kit not affecting us here

Roger, Who are your clients for something like that? Where is it going?

81nautique wrote: uk 1979 part2 wrote: 8122pbrainard wrote: Pretty soon you'll have more equipment to work on metal than wood!! Don't worry Pete all this metal work kit not affecting us here Roger, Who are your clients for something like that? Where is it going?

Alan, its part of a board/meeting room we are doing for a large company over here,the other parts are good but keeping my powder dry on them,we had to make a 1/3 scale to prove it works first.
What you see will be sprayed in steel then rusted,the doors along the bottom are touch drawers,its all made out of Mdf there are a few more bits to go on then into the spray shop.
The unit brakes down into 2 main parts with separate shelves will post when its done and all the lighting is fitted.

81nautique wrote: uk1979 wrote: ,its all made out of Mdf I didn't know you could weld MDF! Fantastic work Roger, make sure you post completed pictures

Thanks Alan will post when finish, been playing with epoxy again will post my findings soon in my SN thread.

Cheers Roger.

Pete, congrats on the progress but sorry to hear about the "incident". Bad things should not happen to good people . Based on your history of workmanship I am sure we would have never caught it even in a close up. I am pretty impressed with JB weld, but I won't tell you why.

8122pbrainard wrote: - I even polished the knob!!!