Category Archives: Shop
DoAll Bandsaw v-16 – wiring new motor
DoAll V-16 Bandsaw tire replacement
DoAll Bandsaw – New motor replacement – BALDOR M3601 INDUSTRIAL MOTOR 3/4 HP 1140 RPM FRAME 182
BALDOR M3601 INDUSTRIAL MOTOR
3/4 HP – Not too much power
1140 RPM – SUPER SLOW
FRAME 182 – Same frame size as the one currently in stalled with the same shaft and Key size.
Prisoner of War Radio – Oshawa Tank Museum
Prisoner of War Radio
This is an example of a radio that would have been built and used by prisoners of war during the Second World War. These radios allowed the prisoners to listen to Allied news reports and follow the progress of the War. They were among the most important items to maintain their morale in the camps.
CFAMS 2002.0778.004
DoAll Bandsaw – Electrical Notes
DoAll bandsaw gantry and lift
Way oil – Vactra 2
Helps eliminate chatter and stick-slip of slides and ways
Improves finish and quality of parts
Helps reduce wear and keeps sliding surfaces smooth, lubricated and clean
When you need oil for your machine, many types of oil will work – even motor oil. However, the best oil to use is oil designed specifically for lubricating machine ways. This type of oil has an additive that helps the oil stick to the surface.
Mobil Vactra Oil Numbered Series products are recommended for the lubrication of machine tool slideway systems. They are designed for use with combinations of cast iron, steel and non-metallic way materials. Mobil machine oil may be applied by hand, forced-feed lubricator or in flood application by circulation system.
Mobil Vactra Oil No. 2 is also suitable for circulating application in large machines and as a moderate duty hydraulic fluid. Mobil machine oil can be used for lubrication of ball screws, linear guides, headstocks, translating screws.
“Cutting oil is designed to flow TOWARDS the heat.
Way oil and motor oil flows AWAY from heat and smokes off more readily. You can probably use cutting oil for way oil, although that is not the most economical use for it”
Hole punch for panels – modular synths
Agilent Keysight – 32220 / 32210 Function Generator
HP / Agilent – 54641D – Mixed Signal Oscilliscope
HP Agilent – 34401A – 6 1/2 Digit Multimeter
HP / Agilent 66000A Modular Power supply
HP – 6060B – Programmable DC Load
HP 3235 – Switch Test unit
1959 sound control in design – gypsum
GPIB shop tools
I don’t miss tape…
But I do miss calibrating tape machines… 
The “asymptote of despair”
“if we plot progress versus time it should be pretty much linear. We are currently right about here approaching the danger zone between works and done and those two things are not the same we have to be very careful not to get sidetracked at The Works
boundary and end up over here on the Asymptote of Despair where time goes to
infinity and we never quite finish our project”
