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      ddmckee54 replied to the thread 1/3 Scale Ford 289 Hi-Po.
      Martynb1: As of October of last year when I got my set of files from George, the procedure was to PM gbritnell about them. The files...
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      ddmckee54 replied to the thread Another Edwards 5 Radial.
      Were you able to determine from this run if the fuel tank you built will be big enough? Nice engine. Nice tank. Nice run - even if it...
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      ddmckee54 replied to the thread Drill press motor swap.
      I re-printed the enclosure, I even got a white paint-pen and painted the top of the text so that it stands out a little more. Some...
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      ddmckee54 replied to the thread Drill press motor swap.
      I've already got an rpm display on the servo, but it only displays in 100's of rpm. The tach will let me determine whether I'm varying...
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      ddmckee54 replied to the thread Drill press motor swap.
      RM-MN: I have been threatening to get a tach for a while now. I'll probably get an optical tach, but one that gives me the option also...
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      ddmckee54 replied to the thread Drill press motor swap.
      Houston... We no longer have a problem. I got my 1K pot, and it actually was a 1K pot. I built a fresh board using the circuit with...
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      ddmckee54 replied to the thread Drill press motor swap.
      I built that board 2 times yesterday. The 1st time using the board that I thought would work better - it didn't. As long as you didn't...
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      ddmckee54 replied to the thread Drill press motor swap.
      Soldering PC boards is kind of a balancing act. You want enough heat to be to get the joint to temperature quickly enough that you...
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      ddmckee54 replied to the thread Drill press motor swap.
      OK, last night I sorted enough resistors to be able to try putting together my perf-board comglomeration... It didn't work, the board...
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      ddmckee54 replied to the thread Drill press motor swap.
      That's kinda' what I was thinking. But now I'm not so sure about the 1.0, 1.2, 1.5, 2.2, 3.3, 3.9, 4.7....etc., etc., ohm resistors...
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      ddmckee54 replied to the thread Drill press motor swap.
      Andy: I used to do that, still do with some stuff, stored parts of my airbrush in one so I wouldn't lose it - now IT's gone walkabout...
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      ddmckee54 replied to the thread Drill press motor swap.
      The resistor assortment arrived last Friday. Twenty of each from1 ohm to 1M ohm, that's a LOT of resistors. I found some LEGO parts...
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      ddmckee54 replied to the thread 1/3 Scale Ford 289 Hi-Po.
      What, no "working" starter Bendix? Oh well - maybe next engine? Still VERY impressive! When's it going to go VROOM-VROOM without you...
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      Doesn't that leave you with 22500 sparks per minute? You only need 9 sparks per revolution no matter what the rpm is. (9 sparks / rev)...
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      ddmckee54 replied to the thread Drill press motor swap.
      I have looked for my electronics parts and am not able to find them, so I ordered a resistor assortment kit. I'm pretty sure that my...
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