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30 Jan 2023 18:53 - 30 Jan 2023 18:57 #879489 by Nessism
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Bought me a new toy: a Taiwan built TD-1236 lathe.  Low mileage, built in 1994, and well taken care of.  

First task: get it home!  I've never moved a 1000 lb hunk of machinery before, so it was a new experience, and not without a large amount of trepidation...    

Next, get a proper power run out to the garage.  My garage power was extremely sketchy, and needed to be redone regardless, but the lathe purchase forced the issue, so I took the "opportunity" to run 240V power out to the garage.  Never done a project like this, and winter rain threw a wrench into the works (and filled up my trench!) 

Currently I'm in the "install DRO" phase of the project.  Another new experience.  And I need to make a back splash guard, before the unit can be placed against the wall in the garage.  

I'm looking forward to making chips here fairly soon.

 

 
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30 Jan 2023 20:11 #879494 by howardhb
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Congratulations!
That is a decent machine!
Adding the DRO (Digital Read Out) at the outset, is wise, and will contribute much to the quality and success of your projects. 

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30 Jan 2023 20:16 - 30 Jan 2023 21:27 #879495 by howardhb
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Add a key-less chuck (for the tail-stock) to your list of "must have" tooling...

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31 Jan 2023 06:53 - 31 Jan 2023 06:55 #879510 by Wheelhop
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Nice machine, this will put you one ahead of Allen Millyard 

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31 Jan 2023 07:15 #879512 by SWest
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Is this going to a ground rod? If so it should be copper going to the sub panel. Nice machine. 
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31 Jan 2023 07:40 #879513 by slmjim+Z1BEBE
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31 Jan 2023 07:54 #879516 by Nessism
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Is this going to a ground rod? If so it should be copper going to the sub panel. Nice machine. 
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That's a leftover section of 1" PVC, used to house the underground wires. 

For grounding, I drove 8' galvan copper ground rods, one at the new garage sub-panel, and a second by the main panel in the house.  The house wiring is old, before a dedicated ground was part of code, so all the grounds are tied to neutral
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31 Jan 2023 08:03 #879518 by SWest
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Excellent. 100 AMP service? I'd like to upgrade mine to 200 AMP in the future. 
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31 Jan 2023 08:15 #879519 by SWest
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When I did the addition at the Kornfeld's I had to move the panel and upgrade to 200 AMP. When I opened the old 100 AMP Push Matic panel I found the neutral fried in half and the stucco support wires fried around the box. Scary part about it they had a swimming pool and the whole house was operating on the ground. Old style Romex with aluminum ground wires. That was a spooky one. 
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31 Jan 2023 08:46 #879522 by blipco
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Since you have the trench dug, use PVC Pipe underground with well made up joints to keep ground water out. You’ll need an equipment bond as well as a ground wire. 
Unless you plan on welding, #8 copper and a 40 amp 2 pole breaker for the sub panel is plenty.

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31 Jan 2023 09:43 #879523 by Nessism
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Since you have the trench dug, use PVC Pipe underground with well made up joints to keep ground water out. You’ll need an equipment bond as well as a ground wire. 
Unless you plan on welding, #8 copper and a 40 amp 2 pole breaker for the sub panel is plenty.

Yeah, I used underground rated PVC pipe to house 6g copper wire.  The house breaker is 50A, but I used 40A in the new sub-panel.  The in-garage wire, from the panel to the outlet, is 8g.  While I was at it, I also ran a new 120V line to the side of the garage without power.  The garage needs more lighting, so that may be the next project.
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31 Jan 2023 11:22 #879527 by Mikaw
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Sounds like a well thought out and executed plan. 

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