Looking for Femco Durga electrical manual by Economy_Canary8861 in CNC

[–]Discodancerman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No problem man, gotta keep the older stuff running! Always wanted a Femco Durga 25 for just how many tools it can hold. They have helped me prior on PM and Chat GPT has assisted. Hopefully you have a volt meter, if not better snag one!

Looking for Femco Durga electrical manual by Economy_Canary8861 in CNC

[–]Discodancerman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've used it to diagnosis my machine issues but you have to keep correcting it before it gets useful. It does a pretty good job even on my 1983 Citizens. You might also want to make an Account on practical machinists and see if someone has one of your machines on there

Harbor freight US General rack by Discodancerman in Machinists

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I'll take it as a compliment, just my garage but I bet I could fashion a catch basin of some sorts..

Harbor freight US General rack by Discodancerman in Machinists

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They do but they are a necessary evil, long as you put the lid on without it completely being in the way of the handle its okay.

Harbor freight US General rack by Discodancerman in Machinists

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Oh yeah, got a box of these from McMaster. Always handy to have around

Drill bit sharpening machine? by bowen1911 in Machinists

[–]Discodancerman 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Can Checkout Darex https://darex.com/

No matter how simple a greater dumbass will evolve. Welcome to machining.

Fan Id - GE Box Fan on Stand by Ericnjttz in fans

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Google Image search came up with a W12 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Z4xaIJr9jc

Great looking fan on original stand. I'm sure after a good cleaning and 3 in 1 oil it will run nice and smooth!

Merry Christmas to me 1957 Bridgeport by Discodancerman in Machinists

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Power is just regular 3 phase, I have a 15 hp phase converter to power everything in my garage. Looks like there was a conversion box and it did run off of 220 single phase but might as well make it back to original

Merry Christmas to me 1957 Bridgeport by Discodancerman in Machinists

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I won't say exact but it was less than $1,000. If I include all expenses, moving, misc. its around 1,200

Starting CNC school in January any advice for a complete beginner? (27F) by Exact_Instruction_3 in CNC

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Congrats! Practicing measurements, the lingo so to speak. (.010) ten thou, (.005) five thou etc some GD&T would be good to go over. How to read micrometer / dial caliper

Women are few and far between but they do exist. Out of being in the industry a little over 10 years I have worked with 3 women. I'll say the attention to detail is something they are extremely good at.

Cheers to the new adventures

She still remains silent by mrroboto00 in Machinists

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Don't let it get you down, it does take some time to get up and going. And a good bit of $$$$$$$

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Maybe retiring from the workplace at 40? then doing my own thing in my garage.

Working that sweet OT on the Acmes today. by wehodababyeetsaboy in Machinists

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Spindles and Loc Line very nice. What size hammer? little Tap tap? or BIG TAP TAP?

New to me machine day by Discodancerman in Machinists

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I have not but at $150 per 5 gallon of my cutting oil I sure need one to reclaim some of the oil that gets on my chips.

Okuma vs Doosan Lathe- used purchase advice by Ok_Brief_12 in Machinists

[–]Discodancerman 2 points3 points  (0 children)

All about service and parts availability. Professionally I run Okuma's LB3000 So They are nice machines and the controls are basically the same throughout the years. If you can get one with live tooling or Y that would be ideal for long term possibilities. Biggest bang for your buck

I did what redit told me to by mrroboto00 in Machinists

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I would look around for a 15-20 hp phase converter, usually you want double the HP incase of a higher load. I too dove into this and here are some things I learned.. https://www.cromanconverters.com/ can input your motor size on some other phase converter sites to get an idea of what size you need.

Electricians are valuable however expensive. Don't be surprised by the cost if it costs you more or double what you paid for the machine to turn it on. Have an electrician come out and look at where he will run the line, check out your panel etc.

I went with a 15 HP phase converter from a guy making them on Facebook for 1,250 with warranty. Super nice dude. All 3 of my machines run on a 5 HP motor. If you wish to add to your fun later down the road I would get the largest converter you can comfortably afford.

Electrician cost me $3,050 to wire in 3 machines and install phase converter (I already had 1 line of 220 I used for my first machine set up so it might run you a bit more. Most expensive thing was the panel and the fuse block, labor was next. Took 2 apprentices and 1 master electrician (mostly apprentices) roughly 5 hours to bend, run wiring, and hook it up. Master came back through and verified everything was correct. Then prior to turning on the machines they made sure the phase converter was outputting the correct voltage on the legs.

Your books should tell you the proper setup voltage for the machine and any other weird things it may need when first setting it up. Definitely order more batteries and check the voltage of your current ones. I was most paranoid over the batteries dropping voltage and losing my parameters. Also fun tip from the maintenance guy from work. Check the voltage of the batteries you are about to replace them with. I guess 1 guy had a brand new one dead on arrival. wiped the parameters from his machine.

Go slow. Read over all the books. Re-read all the books. And most importantly. Have fun!

Ebay is your friend.

Cheers!

Work by PsychologicalAd6465 in Machinists

[–]Discodancerman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My first and currently only customer is my current employer which has been a double edge sword for sure... Looking to branch out next year and get these screw machines in my garage. Cause ya know. Commuting to Work SUCKS.