As I hate noise I happen to own a decibel meter. The RPC measured 66 decibels with the meter inches from the idler. About 8 feet away 56 decibels, that's fairly quiet.

The Jet J-9225 Zip Miter band saw has landed! Because there's like only one lame picture of this saw in grey on the net here are some more detailed photos. Yes the idiot freight company managed to bend something, I bent it back. The top of the crate was destroyed from loading something heavy on top ...

Rotary Phase Converter complete! Overall fit and finish really nice but there were some quality control issues, some guy named Chuck signed and dated it, he needs to pay more attention to detail. 1. On/Off switch fell off, they never tightened it, I had to unwrap the black tape, remove it, install i...

American Rotary RPC - There's less expensive RPC's out there, but every time I try to go cheap I get screwed so I'm fed up with that happening and went with American Rotary. Approved by Haas they have their act together. The generator motor is Gentek manufactured by Baldor in USA, came in a Baldor ...

American Rotary, one of the more expensive brands but the only one approved by Haas to run their CNC machines. I took a bunch of pictures after unpacking everything this evening and will be posting them in the next day or two.

5HP, technically it will run 3 phase motors up to 2.5HP e.g. half the RPC rating. But that is only a loose guide. If the 3 phase machine starts easily, it might run a 3-4 HP 3 phase motor. A hard starting machine like a dust collector maybe max 2.5 HP.

The Zip miter bandsaw is 3ph, pretty much all of them are except for the Baileigh. I have some other potential uses for 3ph powered machines so it was time to pick up a RPC.

LANDED!!! PowerTIG 255ext, Weld Monger Kit, Rotary phase converter, ZTFab welding car kit, Miller Infinity helmet, 25ft Conntek 3ph 20A locking extention cord, Parkworld Drier to 30A twist lock adapter, Hubbell 20A 3ph locking plug end, Conntek 30A 1ph 25ft twist lock extension cord, Victor Flowmete...

exnailpounder check your PM I sent you about $20k worth of gold detecting secrets ;) I want to get back to TIG welding in this thread speaking of which, next Mon-Wed most of the TIG hoard arrives!!! lol he thought he could redirect a thread jack! :D :lol: That'll never happen...not with me around! ...

I scratch build mine from the ground up, hybrid turret/PCB .125 thick, plated through holes. I just build for fun I don't sell amps, I donated the last batch I built to some worthy musicians. You could try building your own Marshall from a kit its not that hard. Scratch building is more work and mor...

exnailpounder check your PM I sent you about $20k worth of gold detecting secrets I want to get back to TIG welding in this thread speaking of which, next Mon-Wed most of the TIG hoard arrives!!!

Wow...what's your secret? I have been a metal detector for 35 years and have only found 2 gold rings in all that time. I use a MineLab Etrac...what do you use? Explorer SE Pro, the Etrac is absolutely the wrong machine for gold. Or these Spanish 8 reales from a 1700's shipwreck... http://www.coolid...

Yeah I've decided to go with a rigging crew to move it in. I'll lift it myself since I should be able to do that with my equipment, it's just the moving and driveway that are sketchy. I have a 2 ton shop crane that looks like the mill foot print will fit in at the 1.5 and 2 ton lift points. It's th...

Just be glad you are in Nth America. Over here to buy what you have just bought they would be deciding if you could live with no kidneys or how much of your liver you need to live. Think 2 to 3 times whatever you just paid. :shock: If I lived over there I'd be out in the bush with a metal detector ...

Tank, gas, tungsten, rods, electrical another $600 ouch!

I'm a master guitar...amp builder. Monster 100 watt tube amps so loud they will hurt you

Thanks guys, Jody's video of brazing that welding cart kit started the whole thing. Being a noob hack know nothing TIG welder I wasn't even aware you could TIG braze. As for the purpose of this thread, some of these items lack decent photo's online I thought some people might be interested in more i...

2 Years ago I sold off all my welding gear due to illness. Recently healed I started watching Jody's videos again and suffered an episode...INBOUND :o Weldmonger 9/20 Gas Lens Kit with Tig Fingers Everlast PowerTIG 255ext Everlast Powercool W300 torch cooler Jet J-9225 Zip Miter Bandsaw BuildPro 22x...

LOL yeah those are metal lathe chuck guards...no more ER visits for me to get bits of metal out of my eye! I'm going to buy a Baldor polishing unit I can swap onto this setup hence the over engineering.

Here's the diamond wheels from Mcmastercarr 180 grit on the left and 320 grit on the right.

Your work bench is stressing me out by the way I think what you need is a jig for welding that. A couple big blocks of aluminum so the piece sets up against it flat at 90 degrees with some fingers coming down to hold the cross braces in place. If I had to weld a bunch of those I'd fab a jig.

Clamp one end of a length of mig wire in a vise, grab the other end and pull until you feel the wire give slightly, it will then be straight.

For me, I would do as Steve (Otto) suggested. You can clamp the base plate to something stronger, and move your heat around more; do a bit on one side, go to the other side, let it cool, repeat. Or as Metal suggested, post heat on the reverse side of the base plate; if it were me, I would heat an a...

Next noob question...selecting amps when welding different thicknesses together, in this case 1/2 thick plate to 3/16 wall square tubing, 304 stainless. A 4x4 1/2 inch plate will be drilled and tapped for a caster, then welded to a machine base made of 3x3 3/16 wall 304 stainless. Or I may weld it u...

I'm working on a project that does not require tight tolerances so in terms of metal moving/sucking towards the heat I figured I'd use this as a learning opportunity. Material is 2.5 by .375 CRS. Here's what I'm fabricating http://www.coolidgeamps.com/pics/weld7.jpg These T joints were no problem. I...