Skeletons in my Closet!

[Jsneaker]

CHINA? AARGH!

I am so sick of seeing everything made in the United States of China! Thanks to bureaucratic, money-hungry unions, the USA is no longer competitive.

 

[supremewhirlpol]

Competitive? That depends on where you look! They send tons of their kids over here to OUR colleges. They have agencies that forge and create false information just so their kids look good enough on paper to get in the finest schools here. Most of the chinese kids in the US for education purposes are nice, but they lack common sense. The US hasn't been milked dry yet, but we aren't far from it.

 

[supremewhirlpol]

Time to get rid of more unnecessary useless proprietary GE crap! I make my own generic idler pulley. I use 1/4"? thick angle iron left over from another project.

 

[supremewhirlpol]

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[supremewhirlpol]

Time to cut it. Lots of flying metal and sparks!

 

[supremewhirlpol]

Very hot! Still glowing.

 

[supremewhirlpol]

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[supremewhirlpol]

Time to paint the bracket.

 

[supremewhirlpol]

painted black!

 

[supremewhirlpol]

use threaded rods and locking nuts.

 

[supremewhirlpol]

Start relay moved, more things added. Space starting to get tight, still have things to add.

 

[supremewhirlpol]

Idler pulley has internal bearing.

 

[supremewhirlpol]

Use the lock nuts to your advantage to change the position of the pulley.

 

[supremewhirlpol]

I use a spring for tension.

 

[supremewhirlpol]

Oh gee, should I really reveal what I use to control the VFD?

 

[qualin]

This is a much more elegant system, I'll admit. I had to scroll through your whole thread and see how you've evolved this machine. It is incredible the amount of work you've put into this machine so far.

Keep it up.. I'm certainly interested in seeing the final product!

 

[supremewhirlpol]

Oh gee, should I really reveal what I use to control the VFD

Ummmm... hello. Anyone?

 

[toploader55]

Hi Melvin

What are you going to use to control the VFD ?

Your work is truly facinating. Eddie

 

[supremewhirlpol]

I think I may have fallen off my limb.

Eddie:
I thought you'd never ask! What kept you?

I use Siemens LOGO! brick PLC.

 

[supremewhirlpol]

the LOGO! mounting is DIN rail, requires 12/24VDC power. I mount it on the end next to the option switches on the console.