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    Greg; After reading your comment I ran out and...

    Greg; After reading your comment I ran out and grabbed a few of the bulbs I rec'd with the fixtures. They say "Philips High Output T5 at 49 watts! So 6x49=294 watts per fixture. I was floored. I...
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    Thank you for your comments. I'm going to try...

    Thank you for your comments.

    I'm going to try to put some pic attachments in, first time so here goes. Okay, tried for 15 mins and was unsuccessful. maybe just as well as wow, is my shop in a...
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    Can you have too much light in a shop?

    Ive got a pretty decent set of fluorescent T8 style florescent in three strips down the length of the shop. End to end, they are 8' doubles meaning each 8' length has 4 4' bulbs. This is spaced about...
  4. I'm here in Canada, (Vancouver area). I saw on...

    I'm here in Canada, (Vancouver area). I saw on the motor plate it was a "Marathon" made in Wisconsin motor. I thought great! a USA motor not an overseas. I contacted the manufacturer and they...
  5. Thanks for the replies that are helpful. Art:...

    Thanks for the replies that are helpful.
    Art: I appreciate your "read the manual" comment (that's really helpful) but I wouldn't have posted if I had the information available. I'm not...
  6. Air Compressor "thermal overload protection" issue

    I purchased a nice 5hp 60 gal "fatboy" style air compressor for my workshop a few years ago. Finally getting around to getting it hooked up.

    Upon closer inspection, I didn't see any "red" reset...
  7. Thank you for your insights. I've got an 8'...

    Thank you for your insights. I've got an 8' ceiling. It was difficult to get my full 50 gal drum barrel under the unit and in accomplishing this, my cyclone motor now sits up between the ceiling 2x12...
  8. Thx Jim. I'm quite surprised at the amount of DC...

    Thx Jim. I'm quite surprised at the amount of DC pictures I see where as you say, it looks like a bunch of spaghetti coming out of the (or should I say going into) the DC. My Grizzly 3HP has an 8"...
  9. effect of curved vs straight inlet into DC?

    Hello, I took a look around but couldn't see this issue addressed anywhere so perhaps my friends here have an answer?
    in searching for an answer as to the benefits of a straight pipe vs a curved...
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    Incra Miter 5000 zero clearance issue

    Hello. I recently acquired the Incra Miter 5000 zero clearance miter saw sled. Nice looking piece of kit and so far so good. But I was wondering ... it is very nice to have the zero clearance aspect...
  11. I too saved all year for this sale. Had to make a...

    I too saved all year for this sale. Had to make a huge decision about buying presents for the kids right at the beginning of cyber Monday or going to the Lee Valley Site. Kept fingers crossed and...
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    just recently had to make this decision as well....

    just recently had to make this decision as well. Bought a set of makita 18v for the construction site where decks were the main use. Bought the milwaukee m12 drill & impact set for the shop. So...
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    Hi Jon. My success's & failures on buying &...

    Hi Jon. My success's & failures on buying & selling shop machinery have been like this. "BUY high, sell low!" - although I'd like the visa versa. When it comes time to liquidate an unused or a to...
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    Thx all. I see HD has them for $119, - "High...

    Thx all. I see HD has them for $119, - "High Bay"... says they have 4x 54watt flourescents in them! No wonder they are bright. Not sure why a "high bay" is 17' or so & higher and naturally a "low...
  15. Thx everyone. Glad the motor should be able to...

    Thx everyone. Glad the motor should be able to breathe enough between the joists. That's a load off my mind.

    I was just out standing on my lathe bed with my motor mock-up trying to see how it may...
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    just looked up "low bay" and see Grainger sells a...

    just looked up "low bay" and see Grainger sells a 4 light 4' model for like $400+ !! If that is in fact the lights I saw then wow, are they out of the equation!!
  17. Hi Jim, yes there are 4 special mounting plates...

    Hi Jim, yes there are 4 special mounting plates I'd need to either fabricate or buy from Grizzly. Think they are about $20 each. On the optional metal stand each of these say 4"x6" metal pieces have...
  18. that's my worry. Using a pals DC regular canister...

    that's my worry. Using a pals DC regular canister 3hp model, we can fill that 4' high bag of his in a 1/2hr if we're planing.
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    the brightest shop flourescent lights?

    I recently was in an old pre war industrial converted to new funky workshop & artist studio place. (whew that was long)
    The ceilings were a good 14' tall, all huge beam & monster timbers. The...
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    Hi Gene. Just a thought or two as well as I just...

    Hi Gene. Just a thought or two as well as I just finished lighting my 20x40 shop. I ran 4 rows of 4x8' (each has 4 8' 4 bulb lights) for a total of 64 4' T8 bulbs. I then ran 3 more 8' 4x4' T* bulb...
  21. Cyclone dust collector height issue & vibration

    Well, here it is and the Grizzly GO441 I bought a few months ago is still sitting on my utility trailer under a tarp. Where does the time go? Busier than a one legged man in an a## kicking contest...
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    Lots of good advice. I chose a Fuji HVLP mini...

    Lots of good advice. I chose a Fuji HVLP mini mite-4 system as I wanted to buy only ONE in my life that could pretty much spray everything from car finish, to wood finishes to latex. But it's $650+....
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    or ... convince him to cut them in half the other...

    or ... convince him to cut them in half the other way, make a nice interior grid frame work and use them as a nice wine storage rack.
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    Well thx to everyone. I'm rather pleased it...

    Well thx to everyone. I'm rather pleased it wasn't a "you got to be kidding ... you did WHAT?" kinda' response. Which on occasion I certainly no doubt will deserve! I'm not about to lay out big...
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    thx Scott for the info. I didn't realize the...

    thx Scott for the info. I didn't realize the Peterson had that option. Always best to be corrected if my info was incorrect for sure. I'll go to the peterson site & check it out. If the original...
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