Donald G. Goldsobel on wed 28 jan 04
NO! The CXC should center 50# without slowing. My Bent C almost 25 years old
can center 25-40 # with no trouble.
Donald
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From: "wayneinkeywest"
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Subject: WHEEL: Question for the experts
Using a 10-15 year old Brent CXC, should I be able to stop the wheel (from
full speed) while centering ten pounds of relatively soft porcelain? (This
is not a
"see what I can do" post. It's causing problems.)
I've checked the belt, which is still in good shape,
and the tensioner appears to be fine. It's a permanent magnet motor, seems
to act like it should, but then....
Any advice from the wheel experts would be appreciated.
TIA,
Wayne Seidl
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wayneinkeywest on wed 28 jan 04
Using a 10-15 year old Brent CXC, should I be able to stop the wheel =
(from full speed) while centering ten pounds of relatively soft =
porcelain? (This is not a
"see what I can do" post. It's causing problems.)
I've checked the belt, which is still in good shape,=20
and the tensioner appears to be fine. It's a permanent magnet motor, =
seems to act like it should, but then....
Any advice from the wheel experts would be appreciated.
TIA,
Wayne Seidl
John Rodgers on thu 29 jan 04
I have a CXC and it handles 50 lbs easily. I read somewhere that it will
handle 100 lbs.
You may need to have the motor reworked. Any good motor shop should be
able to recondition that motor for you without breaking the bank. But
being in Key West ........well, I dunno.
Regards,
John Rodgers
Chelsea, AL
wayneinkeywest wrote:
>Using a 10-15 year old Brent CXC, should I be able to stop the wheel (from full speed) while centering ten pounds of relatively soft porcelain? (This is not a
>"see what I can do" post. It's causing problems.)
>
>I've checked the belt, which is still in good shape,
>and the tensioner appears to be fine. It's a permanent magnet motor, seems to act like it should, but then....
>
>Any advice from the wheel experts would be appreciated.
>
>TIA,
>Wayne Seidl
>
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Steve Mills on thu 29 jan 04
I always start by increasing tension a bit more on the belt, but before
you do that take it off and look at it closely; it could be about to
give up the ghost!
Steve
Bath
UK
In message , wayneinkeywest writes
>Using a 10-15 year old Brent CXC, should I be able to stop the wheel =3D
>(from full speed) while centering ten pounds of relatively soft =3D
>porcelain? (This is not a
>"see what I can do" post. It's causing problems.)
>
>I've checked the belt, which is still in good shape,=3D20
>and the tensioner appears to be fine. It's a permanent magnet motor, =3D
>seems to act like it should, but then....
>
>Any advice from the wheel experts would be appreciated.
>
>TIA,
>Wayne Seidl
--
Steve Mills
Bath
UK
wayneinkeywest on fri 30 jan 04
Well folks, thanks to all of you (as usual) for your help
in solving the problem. It turned out
to be something I had done to make the wheel wimpy.
The bridge rectifier had fried a while ago,
and I ended up replacing it
with one that did not allow the proper current
(amperage) to pass through to the motor...
(I used a 25 amp, should have been a 50)
That prevented the motor from attaining it's full power (and speed).
It's back to factory specs now, and whizzes faster than I will EVER use.
The cat, of course, is not amused; she liked it slow. The dogs do
enjoy watching the pots go whizzing off into space when they step
on the pedal, trying to see what I'm doing.
They find it fun to chase them.
Try to do something in a hurry...mutter, mutter...mutter...
Wayne Seidl
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