Curt Harms
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This is one reason I am unlikely to do anything financial on a phone. If I were forced to, I'd only give it access to an account with a low balance,...

Thanks Rod. This would be something to keep in mind for frequent start relatively high load applications - like a dust collector. Then I think about...

This made me wonder about something. Would a 3 phase motor on a VFD with, say an 7 - 10 second ramp up time generate less total internal heat than an...

I have some belts for the little P-C belt sander. I've had those for certainly longer than 5 years and recently used the machine. The belt held up....

Maybe minimum order for free shipping?

I could maybe see some advantage to 3 phase on a dust collector. As Kevin said 3 phase motors don't have the failure points of single phase. I'd...

I have a 3 hp G1023 table saw and Jet JJP-12 3 hp J/P along with a "2 hp" dust collector on a 30 amp 240 volt circuit. I've never tried all 3 at the...

Re accessing SMART data. There are people more knowledgeable than me about this stuff but smartctl run from a live USB is fairly informative. I don't...

You could try Super Cut. I have a couple of their Premium Gold blades which seem to have good blade life. Don't confuse their 'carbide' claims with...