What's on your bench? 2/6/16

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Just got the 346 XP tuned and wouldn't you know while there bought a 350 that has muffler bolts stripped out on, already ordered some new 6mm bolts and some factory parts to upgrade as well like a metal intake clamp, doing a gasket delete and MM as well
 
blsnelling said:
I won't have a saw here in time to port this weekend, which is a good thing. We had >5" of water in our basement right after Christmas. Our primary sump pump was on the blink and we were running on the backup. I've since bought a second Zoeller M137 pump to make the new primary and wellwill move old M137 to backup. The old backup was another 1/2 HP Zoeller but of much less capacity. It simply couldn't keep up. Either one of these M137s should be able to handle it. While I'm at it I'm going to run new electric to it so that they're on separate circuits.

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The new pump is installed and both pumps are now on dedicated outlets. Each one of these pumps has the capacity to move 93 GPM at 5' of head.

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joe25DA said:
Have you used those pumps before brad?
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I've been running Zoeller pumps for a long time now. I've had the first M137 for probably 6-8 years. I just moved it to backup, replacing a M53, and installed another M137 for the primary. They were both running off the same circuit, so I ran that yesterday as well.
 
blsnelling said:
I've been running Zoeller pumps for a long time now. I've had the first M137 for probably 6-8 years. I just moved it to backup, replacing a M53, and installed another M137 for the primary. They were both running off the same circuit, so I ran that yesterday as well.
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I think I have at least one in the boiler room at school and one spare in the garage. I remember the first time I picked one up!
 
blsnelling said:
Electricity is my biggest weakness. I don't even know what that would look like. I have been looking at Generac Standby generators, but that's not really in the cards right now.
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Like this thing
http://www.amazon.com/Superior-Pump-92910-Powered-Vertical/dp/B005MKGRJQ

Not rocket science on that one, but you could have a sparky put the outlet to feed it on gfci if you have an aversion to being fried or something.

And the super fancy model
https://www.zoro.com/zoeller-sump-pump-wbattery-back-up-system-13hp-507-0008/i/G0982667/
 
Yeah, backup power for your two main pumps is gonna be something BIG AND UGLY. Figure a good 2-3kW capacity for two 1/2hp pumps to allow for surge current, about 1.2/1.5kW for running current. And your inverter is gonna need to be something you can store in a plastic bin or mount to the wall so water can't fry it.

The yellow belly special for the inverter is gonna be around $1100.
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/DC48...2317290406.html?spm=2114.40010508.4.77.EFMTiI

Figure that cost, up to 1.5/2 times more for the batteries. http://bigtimebattery.com/store/t125_golf_cart_battery.html

So, about $2000-$3000

That sort of thing you could probably get hooked up without too much trouble. Just need to build a battery box with a hydrogen vent so no earth shattering kabooms. :D Which should keep the fire marshal/insurance guys happy.

On the somewhat more pricey end, inverters here. http://www.wholesalesolar.com/power-inverters

Magnum Energy ones aren't too terrible, even if their production and engineering staff are a bunch of screwballs even on a good day. Still, if it fries after some abuse, you only have to ship it to Everett, Wa, and I think they have under 7 day turn around time. Assuming they don't just swap it out.

Batteries plus inverter carts here. http://www.wholesalesolar.com/back-up-power

Just plain deep cycle batteries, you can usually get Trojan 125s anywhere that services those robotic looking Genie Lifts, or that does electric golf carts, etc. The other issue is figuring out how much power outage time there might be, and sizing the battery bank accordingly. Wouldn't bother with anything cheaper than trojans, they're pretty much industry standard, and don't give you any unfortunate excitement.
 
I use to work in waterproofing and foundation repair. The company I worked for stood by zoeller. They are definitely heavy, especially when dragging one through a crawl space.
 
On my bench are two projects. Both are chain related.

First was to fix a "24" bar that I thought would fit my Pioneer Farmsaw. It was not quite what I thought. It was a swedish manufactured pioneer bar that had the diagonal oiler slot in the wrong position. Also the the bar stud slot was narrow. Also It was not really a full 24" even though it was marked as such. A bit of work on the bridgeport fixed it all up except the length. Now to figure out how many driver links it would need. It ended up at 78dl for 3/8 chain.

Next on bench is the 1/4" chain assembly job for a few of my top handle saws. poulan S25DA, craftsman 2.1PS, Stihl 017L, HomeliteXL2. For all the saw/bar combo's I need 60, 69,70,74 and 76dl chains. I had never spun a chain before. I also want to make a spinner rather than buy some piece of junk. So I tried making a few to become familiar with the process. I mounted a $3 1/4" stihl spinner bit in a 8mm deep socket in the bridgeport.

see results here:
http://www.arboristsite.com/community/gallery/albums/chain.1677/
 

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