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A junkyard lathe and mill tool grinder
PekkaNF:
--- Quote from: vtsteam on September 15, 2013, 07:33:44 AM ---The motor isn't reversible I don't think -- at least by me.
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Most likely the motor is single phase permanent capacitor run model. Simple addition of single pole changeover switch after power switch should do the trick. Same connection than on "Quorn" TCG book or simple lathe:
http://www.anaheimautomation.com/images/ac/wiring/ACW040%20Wiring%20%28600x344%29.png
But if you don't want to fiddle with electricity, I understand it also pretty well.
vtsteam:
Thanks Pekka! I'll open up the connection box and check. It would be handy to reverse. No, not afraid to wire it differently.
Thanks again! :beer:
vtsteam:
I made the side table today out of angle itron, and tried it out. It had a few problems -- it was only 2" wide, and the jig really needed a wider table. I clamped another piece to it to widen it, but on top it was too high, and underneath it was too low. I was able to try grinding a tool, but thought I could do better than this setup.
I decided to try to work with the existing table and the slot -- as suggested earlier by chipenter and others. I think this sander originally had a tiny sliding miter gauge, but that wasn't what I really wanted.
After thinking about it for awhile I found two small pieces of steel -- I needed something thin so the fixture wouldn't end up too high. These were 1/8" thick:
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vtsteam:
I have a spot welder that I got a couple years ago from Harbor Freight. I don't get to use it very often, but this seemed like an ideal job for it. After cleaning off the two pieces of metal, I welded them together, and milled the narrow strip to fit the slot in the sander's table. It was a little oversize to start with .5" while the slot was .460".
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vtsteam:
Here's the slide positioned in the slot in the table:
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