The mama of all jointers

[Slowhand]

I have something to aspire to. SH

[Joseph Smith]

What kinda power does it take to run this beast?

Joey "Slowhand"

[Leon]

The site indicated it has a 15 hp motor.

[Joseph Smith]

Alright I'll be more specific. What kind of electrical requirements (Volts/Amps/Phase) does it take to run this beast??

[leonard]

direct current as it said you know DC "Slowhand"

[Slowhand]

220, 221, whatever it takes. Seriously though, it would prolly be a 230/460 volt 3 phase machine. Just a guess. SH

[Todd Fatheree]

[Unisaw A100]

Want I should check the one at work? It is a beast to behold and is as big in person as you'd expect it to be.

UA100

[Charlie Self]

leonard responds:

Direct drive is what it said, I think. Somewhat different, basically meaning no belts.

Charlie Self "Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half." Gore Vidal

[Bob Peterson]

I worked on a planer once that had a 75HP cutter motor IIRC.

"Slowhand"

[Joe Wells]

Aw, Keter, you have *all* the fun toys. Any chance you could post pix of your at-work shop? Bet it's a sight to behold.

[My Old Tools]

Yep, Mr. Kerfoot has a warehouse of that kind of stuff. Makes my 16" Northfield look down right puny.

[Mark & Juanita]

On Fri, 24 Sep 2004 13:05:53 -0700, "Slowhand"

[Mortimer Schnerd, RN]

It has a 15 HP motor. I used to run a 15 HP air compressor on a 60 amp 220 volt circuit back in the days when I ran a dive shop.

[Mortimer Schnerd, RN]

That would be correct. There should be a rubber coupling mounted directly to the output shaft. No belts. Nobody said anything about DC (direct current). Besides, what would be the point?

[Unisaw A100]

Of all the parts 'n pieces at work the Yates No. 1 and a Crescent band saw (24"ish) are my two favorites. OK, they are the most vintage. My favorite 'chine is the CNC router. Anyways, one of these days I need to snap a shot or two.

UA100

[Leon]

Leonard said,

direct current as it said you know DC

[David F. Eisan]

We don't know the voltage, but at 110v that would be 150 amps, at 220v it would be 75 amps, 220v 3ph about 50 amps, 440v 3 phase about 25 amps, and at

575v 3ph 15 amps.

Rough but quite likely close guesses...

David.

[William]

Not bad guesses .... 230v @ 42, 460v @ 21, 575v @ 17 As far as I know no one, made/makes a 120volt or 230volt single phase motor that large. BTW at 460v you can run it on a 40 amp breaker and 10 gauge wire!

William....

[John McCoy]

"Mortimer Schnerd, RN" wrote in news:al35d.35946$ [e-mail]:

The two-high rolling mill at the Oregon Steel plant in California had a 10,000hp DC direct-drive motor driving it. As I recall, the rationale for that was that it was simple to reverse the motor to run the mill rolls in both directions.

John