electrical

I am replacing my compressor, the Quincy QE-5 I repaired in another thread. While the compressor works great and the tank did pass my hydrostatic test, I just am not comfortable with it being in my garage right next to where I am working, and a catastrophic failure could do significant damage...

Hardinge BB4 So I finally got time to hook it up and what do ya know, it doesn't work. It worked great when I tried it out before I bought it, wired everything up right with a North America static phase converter. It has power where I'd expect it to be as indicated by the red arrows, just...

Hello everyone, let me introduce my recent addition to the series of useful household projects - DIY electric wood chipper on batteries. This wood chipper cuts any branch with a diameter of up to 8 cm without any effort. As a result, we get excellent wood chips for the fireplace. THIS DIY WOOD...

Yesterday I went to the shop. There is some sort of electrical problem there. I can't tell what happened. Very odd. The breaker had kicked out to the CNC router, even though it wasn't being used. We turned the breaker back on and there was a loud buzz indicating a short circuit. But the breaker...

Hi guys, Hoping someone can help. Brought my SC2 out of the shed where it has been sitting for a while and it originally wouldn't turn on. Getting power and the green light would turn on but two secs later the fault light would too (no spinning). Read somewhere that the potentiometers inside are...

Hi I ran into a beautiful vintage power hacksaw. I have no pics of it now since, due to its weight, I had to remove the cast iron lathe-like legs off to load into my car. I bought this vintage NOS pushbutton switch for it. It is a Westinghouse model 1033369 E. I could not find any wiring...