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    Alatalo Scandi - Winter

    absolutely stunning. unbelievable. i'm sure this knife would look amazing to any casual observer, but knowing how hard it is to pull off all of the little details here, i'm just slack-jawed looking at these pictures. fantastic work!
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    2016 ICCE show in Kansas City

    i will be holding a table this year. really looking forward to this, as it will be my first time! working on sheaths as we speak. reminds me, i need to book a room somewhere! i hope some of you guys will come by and say hello!
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    Operating 2 Motors with a Single VFD

    i'm sure this new tutorial will be a great help to many. i wish you had posted this last fall when i was trying to figure out how to do the same thing. it looks like you have included all of the little bits of info that i had so much trouble tracking down. i will say that the motors don't have...
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    tempering snafu

    ground one blade thinner, put an edge on it and did a fair bit of aggressive testing and cutting. edge flexes with no chipping, it cuts like a dream, and things are looking like i want them to. thanks again everyone for the reassurance earlier today. file that one under "don't do again". i...
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    tempering snafu

    thanks a lot, guys. that's a relief. i'm going to get them both ground down a bit more tonight and maybe do some cutting and see if there is anything funny going on before i invest the time in finishing them out with handles. i have a portable ames #1 hardness tester, but i don't think that will...
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    tempering snafu

    so... i have this FRIEND who may have tried to set the timer on his tempering oven for two hours, and MAYBE he didn't set the timer properly. lets pretend that he came back into the shop in the morning and the tempering oven was still going strong. hypothetically, my friend was tempering a...
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    New Welding Forge WIP

    very nice. this is looking gooood, and the WIP is very informative. thanks, i'm looking forward to seeing how this finishes up.
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    VFD switch wiring... please check my work

    wayne, thanks for the extra bit of info there! plas62, i got this part from mcmaster http://www.mcmaster.com/#7343k861/=1144kri screw terminals worked well for me. p.s. i see you are from hogansville... i grew up just up the road from there in newnan. small world
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    VFD switch wiring... please check my work

    speaking of folks finding this thread on down the line... after i got it all working i realized that the motors were running backwards... so, if anyone in the future is using the image attached above... don't! i had to swap the wires going to V and W. this one is what got me going in the right...
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    VFD switch wiring... please check my work

    FYI, I swapped the outlets and plugged in my newly wired switch. everything is working just fine. thanks to all who helped!
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    VFD switch wiring... please check my work

    hi wayne, i think you are absolutely correct about the "pigtail" style being better suited for growing your VFD versatility. i wanted the switch box because i am likely to be going back and forth between two machines frequently and did not want to have to wrestle cords constantly. anyway, do you...
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    VFD switch wiring... please check my work

    no worries at all. besides, I tend to be open to any feedback, regardless of tone, when it could potentially save my life!
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    VFD switch wiring... please check my work

    chris, sorry for the name confusion, that is totally my bad. i corrected it above. thanks for the detailed info on the nameplate data. i fully accept your knowledge of the electrical code, no article necessary :biggrin:. no disrespect taken. you have just the type of expertise i was hoping to...
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    VFD switch wiring... please check my work

    john wilson: that's good info regarding the 25 amps issue. i am an amateur at best with these things. the VFD nameplate lists it as 5.5A at 115vac, and my motor lists the FLA as 5.5/2.25. i found the spec sheet online (http://www.techtopind.com/motors/455.pdf) and it lists some other specs about...
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    VFD switch wiring... please check my work

    thanks for the feedback, everyone. this is all very helpful. i know that i can run the VFD with a female 4-prong plug on the output and manually swap plugs out, but i wanted to build a switch box to keep things tidy, and simpler. simple, eventually, i guess. the info i have on these VFDs not...
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