I hate it when that happens - one word of advice - stop parting off with the tool facing up - if you only part off with the tool facing down this almost never happens - I used to have similar disasters & an apprehension over parting - then I made a taller tool post to allow upside down mounting ...

Yes - watts is giving you the total amount of power carried which equates to necessary cable size due to heat created by the slight resistance of the cable hence ally cable carries less than copper - but there is no 1 answer on cable size without knowing distance & accepted voltage drop so it's ...

If using USA standards then yes on short distance depending on allowable line voltage drop you can get away with 2gauge cable - on longer runs no - without knowing the distance or drop % you cannot say 2awg is adequate - once much over 100 feet from the service head then size needs to increase - on ...

Thanks Oscar - must have remembered it wrong - been a while since I was in college - most wiring I do all the loads are on a data plate on the machines so I just need to get correct size cable & breakers.

Thanks for the various replies - not really seeing anything that helps with the cable size issue but it's created more comments than I expected - the power company guys showed up Friday in 2 vans - one got out to watch the other guy hit the pole once with a hammer & announce the pole was good ! ...

A bit more expensive than regular discs ceramic abrasives work really well - they stay sharper longer & do not load up as easily - either fiber backed flat discs or flap discs will work on mill scale - stay with coarse grit size - if you can find & afford them try 3M Cubitron you will not be...

@ Arno Thanks for your reply - I agree with you and have previously explained to them about sharing the load as far as practical across the phases - the problem is that they do not want to replace existing cables to 2 out of the 3 buildings as they are already of adequate size & the location wou...

Thanks to all that responded - when I've spoken to the power company guys I will post back on their view or if we manage to find the code that covers it here - but just to clarify I'm in the UK so our power is all 240 single phase or 440 volt 3 phase - neutral does carry the full return load on sing...

Many thanks for the fast reply - we can easily look up conductor size for current / distance to the spec in this country - my view was that while the size will be the same for single or 3phase if the load will be 3 separate buildings using 1 phase each driving single phase loads - all 3 phases load ...

Hi - trying to help out doing some electrical work on a farm & could use a 2nd opinion - we have a qualified electrician on site but he is only familiar with single phase - due to change of use of some out buildings they need to run a new supply in from the incoming power supply - the power comp...

As mentioned welding over previous Mig welds seems to create problems - also the flanges are generally flame cut with little clean up so extra care & cleaning inside & outside of the joint is needed & depending where the weld is - splitting the gas flow on edges & torch access / angl...

I had the 50amp version of the Cebora cutter - I think there were a family of 35 / 50 / 70amp in they're day - mine was probably mid 80's but they did'nt change much for a long time - a friend had the 70 amp - we both sold them & got import models as they never cut the claimed thickness - used a...

They are quite handy at times though you can use odd leg calipers to do the same job mostly - fairly sure mine if I could find it is the very common one from Axminsters.


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Unless HTP start making saws - right ? !!!!!!!!

@ TraditionalToolworks.

I'd almost forgotten about that - I have 2 old computers and use Firefox on both - one is on Windows 2000 the other Xp - I had to do as you mentioned maybe a year back for the same reasons . no problem since staying logged in or posting.

Well you clearly are far more knowledgeable than me in computer matters - I just figured more people would be affected if it's a problem with the forum - never doubted your word or thought you were " creating " something to complain about - I hope it's gets sorted out as I do understand ho...

@ TraditionalToolworks - I have little clue about modern tech stuff & no interest but my take on this is if the fault you experience is as you believe a problem with the forum pages then it would affect every member which it clearly does'nt & likely if every member was mentioning it then the...

Or like any material that pinches on the cut whether wood or metal simply drive a small wedge / chisel / screwdriver into the end of the cut once in past the blade width - it's a common problem cutting with carbide circular saws ( like the Evolution ) as the blades have very little side clearance.

The only rustoleum product I've found here is a zinc based primer that just looks like a very pale orange version of regular red oxide paint - some folks like it - I've used it in the past but never thought it anything special - it is only a paint - the Aquasteel is quite an aggressive chemical reac...

I re-paint mostly on outside steel work & steel hulled boats but the principle is the same - sandblasting is usually prohibited depending on location & is very slow & expensive - on a machine like yours you will also get sand in places you don't want such as around rams / seals / pins / ...

While the forum had a glitch a while back which affected many members I've not experienced any problem since it was fixed - never have any errors or problem staying logged in - I respectfully suggest unless anyone chimes in with similar problems it's most likely the device your using - I can't vouch...

Careful - the oozlum ( oozelum ? ) bird disappeared doing something like that !

I'm curious now - over here you can own a hobby cylinder & have it filled & are responsible to have it tested - you can only rent full size cylinders & the rental company keeps them tested but who pays & how do the cylinders get tested if you are exchanging any old cylinder you got h...

Agree on checking drive rollers - aluminum rollers are U shape - steel are V shape - might be a long shot but if the machine is not in regular use have you checked spool tension brake ! one of my bigger machines this has a steel disc brake that rusts & causes problems from irregular tension - al...

I think the biggest factor is who fills the cylinders - if your using small hobby sizes that you own & some local outfit is filling them probably with a gas over air pump from a few full size cylinders manifolded together expect moisture / contamination / bad gas / wrongly labelled gas etc - if ...