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Re: A new wind blowing into my shop
« Reply #60 on: June 08, 2020, 11:34:38 AM »
You and your family "keep on keepin on",      Pleased to hear of progress.   My Best Wishes to you all              Terry

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Re: A new wind blowing into my shop
« Reply #61 on: June 09, 2020, 06:45:41 PM »
The compressor....FINALLY came.....time to fire it up!!!

Dave
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Re: A new wind blowing into my shop
« Reply #62 on: June 09, 2020, 06:55:25 PM »
Hi Dave

What is the compressor needed for, drawbar?

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Re: A new wind blowing into my shop
« Reply #63 on: June 09, 2020, 07:55:08 PM »
Hi Dave,

Draw bar and fog buster

It's a California Air   Small unit    about 4cfm, so a bit light for the fog buster...but it seems to be enough

60 dBa on the compressor!

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Re: A new wind blowing into my shop
« Reply #64 on: June 09, 2020, 08:59:17 PM »
I would love to have one of their 60 gallon units with all the bells and whistles but they're big $$

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Re: A new wind blowing into my shop
« Reply #65 on: June 09, 2020, 09:08:37 PM »
I would love to have one of their 60 gallon units with all the bells and whistles but they're big $$

Dave
The little one was 200 on Amazon!....Cheap enough!
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Re: A new wind blowing into my shop
« Reply #66 on: June 10, 2020, 04:13:40 PM »
Air Compressor works great!   And its quiet!

Dave
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Re: A new wind blowing into my shop
« Reply #67 on: June 10, 2020, 06:33:46 PM »
I may have said this before   :noidea:


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Re: A new wind blowing into my shop
« Reply #68 on: June 17, 2020, 02:19:40 AM »
And you we can't handle big video, and I'm told you can't see facebook video.....so...     The marketing claim that it's 60 dBa....without a meter, I can't really confirm, but it sure is quiet!

The other thing is the spindle noise.....there really isn't any....I tooled up a part with a 3/16 drill in steel....ran the CAM in Fusion 360 , and hit cycle start ....slowing down the feeds and speeds just to be cautious....and I touched down and immediately watched the drill bit turn bright red....hit stop but got a glance at the rpm.   5300!.....just a touch fast for mild steel....missed it in the code, and my usual audible cue betrayed me this time.....LOL....oh well....I'll turn that rpm down in the code, and get a new drill bit

Dave
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