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1985
Cary, it sounds like you worked with EDM systems that were a wee bit bigger than what I/we have made! :) Was the final 1/4 hp pump on those systems a...
awakephd
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May 1, 2008
2:43 pm
1986
Steve, for $100 or less I'm sure I could get a great pump. But why buy when you can spend hours and hours building something that might not work? :) Andy...
awakephd
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May 1, 2008
2:45 pm
1987
... I'm curious to know though if you can get cheap pumps like that where you are ? Even if you don't want to ! Steve...
steveastrouk
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May 1, 2008
2:55 pm
1988
andy, the circulator pump steve is talking about (if he and i are talking about the same thing) is a centrifugal pump but its self contained here is a web site...
cary heestand
packrat0_15
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May 1, 2008
4:21 pm
1989
Vane pumps, like gear pumps, are "positive displacement" type pumps. In other words, for each revolution, the pump should spit out one cubic unit hunk of...
racerjerry2
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May 1, 2008
4:40 pm
1990
... Ours has 8 bar available at the supply manifold ! Some goes to through flush, obviously through very small pipes, and the excess feeds a suction pump so...
steveastrouk
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May 1, 2008
6:06 pm
1991
... Absolutely, and somewhat paradoxically, until you think about it, a flow stalled Centrifugal pump takes less power than a flowing one. Steve...
steveastrouk
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May 1, 2008
6:36 pm
1992
Has anyone looked at automotive fuel pumps? They are pressure regulated (American runs 8 PSI, Foreign runs 4 PSI) and should be immune to petrochemicals. -- ...
David G. LeVine
sirdave144
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May 2, 2008
2:38 am
1993
david, those pressures are for carburated engines. the newer pump in tank/fuel injected cars are around 40-50 psi. and have a regulator with a return line to...
cary heestand
packrat0_15
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May 2, 2008
10:02 pm
1994
I finally finished my machine and gave it a quick test burn. I don't have a flush pump set up yet but the arc was smooth and stable. The microwave transformer...
Rob
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May 3, 2008
4:14 am
1995
Hi Everybody, I just added 2 pictures of my tank so far. Yesterday I just finished up the filtration system, and just mounted the servo head stanchion to the...
Jim
jimmy163333
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May 3, 2008
7:12 pm
1996
Jim it look really good. I built a similar set up about 1992 but mine had the plate glued in the tank. I can understand the reason for not gluing it and I...
Benjamin Nathan Fleming
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May 3, 2008
7:23 pm
1997
With a 12vdc, 100 rpm gearmotor, Do I need a finer pitch lead screw than what sugested in the book?...
blake8635846
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May 5, 2008
6:34 am
1998
Though I have not tried the combination you describe I have every reason to believe that the 3/8-24 leadscrew should work fine if not let me know. Ben ... ...
Ben Fleming
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May 5, 2008
2:20 pm
1999
I was lucky enough to buy the Beckett pump before it got discontinued, but looking around I also found a pond pump that flows 350 GPM is submersible and has a...
James Sterner
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May 5, 2008
3:21 pm
2000
On the left side of that page under pumps I just noticed the next section has pumps in the 500 to 1200 GPH. Looks like very similar pumps in 500, 700, & 950...
James Sterner
jimmy163333
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May 5, 2008
3:45 pm
2001
Works good for me RobC ... reason to believe that the 3/8-24 leadscrew should work fine if not let me know....
Rob
cffltrc
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May 6, 2008
12:36 am
2004
what has this SCAM to do with EDM??? --- On Thu, 5/8/08, Farid Babayev <fababayev@...> wrote: From: Farid Babayev <fababayev@...> Subject:...
Herbert E. Plett
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May 8, 2008
4:38 pm
2005
I have taken care of this guy and removed him from the list. Ben ... From: Herbert E. Plett To: EDMHomeBuilders@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008...
Ben Fleming
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May 8, 2008
6:19 pm
2006
Will 2 capacitors mounted parallel work? Like 80 & 100 @ 330v...
blake8635846
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May 9, 2008
12:11 am
2007
That should be OK. If you are looking for a total of 180 uf. Donald....
Donald H Locker
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May 9, 2008
12:34 am
2008
Are there any good close up photos of the populated printed PC board & power generator?...
blake8635846
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May 14, 2008
2:02 am
2009
As you can see, I am a glutton for punishment ... or at least for doing things the hard way. In earlier posts I showed a home-built dielectric pump....
awakephd
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May 17, 2008
3:48 am
2010
Hi Everybody, I've just about got the guts inside the case all ready to go. Tonight I'm going to wire up, mount and test the board, before I add the chips and...
Jim
jimmy163333
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May 19, 2008
5:03 pm
2011
I was hoping someone would have gotten back to me before I attempted this, but I have some good news and some bad. The good news is that all the tests went...
James Sterner
jimmy163333
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May 20, 2008
4:36 am
2012
Hi, I am new to the group and have purchased a board from Ben and am working up to populating it. Are there any UK builders out there who could point me to...
xj5373
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May 20, 2008
6:47 pm
2013
... Are there any UK builders out there who ... Simplest would be Maplin, http://www.maplin.co.uk but Farnell components are the best. http://www.farnell.co.uk...
steveastrouk
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May 20, 2008
6:51 pm
2014
I ran the servo motor and checked how much current it draws. It only draws 100 milliamperes and after several minutes the chip only felt slightly warm. But...
James Sterner
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May 21, 2008
4:06 pm
2015
Hi Jim I used a piece of cpu type heatsink on top of the chip and held it down with 2 springs. For the bottom heatsink I used a thin strip of copperclad pc...
Rob
cffltrc
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May 22, 2008
12:33 am
2016
you certainly got it right with " non-corrosive silicone " and as you say the actual chip is in the centre of the IC package and the rest of the package is...
Geoff
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May 22, 2008
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