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Wouldn't you be better off with a lathe ? Seems you have more lathe work and you already have a mill ? Great story, Great attitude ! Good luck ! Bob

Thermite, That's one of the least affected boards, just to illustrate the holes.

For those that want to see the holes. I caught the blade on one of the "dogs", but finish good enough for what I needed. Bob

Great ! I like recycling

Where'd he go ?

Wow, another 18 posts even though the mods have tried to hide me in the woodwork section !! Really appreciate all the ideas guys. The boards are 18' long, so building a kiln won't be simple. Yes it is just a trailer. The reason I went with the white oak is that it's strong, rot resistant and I...

Wow, 18 responses in 4 hours. Thanks guys ! I read about Borax, but mixed reviews. Don't know of a kiln around here. I remember my father-in-law, back in UK used to apply kerosene on old furniture he bought that had worms in it. Used to be cheaper than gasoline ! I'll post a pic tomorrow, not...

Well my title kinda says it. When I got the logs I didn't realize how bad the worms were. So I need to spray something on the boards to kill the darned things. I read somewhere that "permethrin" is recommended, then a supplier said its no go for what I need. Does anyone have any experience or...

I have a 50 ton Geka Hydrocrop. I believe I have full documentation, diagrams, etc. Let me know if I can make any copies for you. Bob

There will be wires from the drum switch back to the control panel, and probably to the contactor coils. There's probably a connector block where all these wires come together. Find the 3 wires from your drum switch; disconnect (from the connector block), and label them; then connect new wires...

Jenius, This VFD is rated at 9 amps or so on Single phase supply and 19 amps on 3 phase, as I indicated in my response. Have confidence, my friend, its very straight forward. and its only $268, in stock. I'm not sure, but I believe many VFD's have a built in braking resistor. But there's a...

I would use this one: Only $268 !! Excellent support from both Marshall-Wolf and Fuji. Single phase supply rating of 9.7 amps. (19 amps with 3 phase supply). Have confidence. Very easy to install. Wire your drum switch back to "FWD/CM/REV" terminals to control the VFD from your exiting...

Call Fuji technical directly; they are very helpful. West coast (510) 403-7866. Share with us what they recommend, please. Bob

Maybe biggest you can afford, or maybe biggest you can move. LOL

Thinking about it, I've wired VFD's two ways 1) with a "maintained" switch that can be either on or off. So when on, there is a small voltage from the VFD to switch, then back to VFD. When switch is turned off, the circuit is broken and the VFD stops. 2) the other way is 2 momentary switches...

I've wired several 3 ph machines using a VFD powered from single phase. In my experience, always ensure there is no switch, contactor, etc between the VFD and motor. Recently on a 21x80 Colchester lathe there is a simple rotary on/off switch on the headstock which was originally used to pull in...

You see the video of casting a gear in the "General Section" ? Bob

Wouldn't need much to clean it up.

You're looking at some big old heavy iron there. Not sure I'd want to mess with those, thanks, especially if I didn't have much experience. Keep looking. Bob

Largest wheel is 9.5" dia.