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the gear you point at rides on a shaft that is attached to a flat pivot bar. Near the bottom of that pivot bar should be a allen head screw that you loosen and then push the gear so that it meshes with the one above it.

Bandsaw maybe two bandsaws, If I had room I would have 3 bandsaws. One(vertical) for wood, one(horizontal) for cutting bar stock and one(vertical) for cutting shapes into flat metal. Second would be a bench vise, then a bench grinder, then a drill press , next a lathe and finally a milling...

Love that tower of small parts storage, very nice !!!!

Thanx Troyo, I was simply trying to figure out if that is what John Rudd meant by grounding the motor. The way I currently have it wired up is in my post#102. This works fine but it does not put the motor to full speed but rather just doubles the speed of the potentiometer.

Like this John? Maybe add a diode so it do feedback into the controller?

Luc that is why I am on these forums, a big thanx for Troyo for starting this thread. Rod here is a pic from earlier, I will post a video once the mill is put back together.

Well I am finished , she works good. My motor alignment is still off a lil but not enough to hurt anything. Here is a diagram of how I wired mine

I'm thinking this is working with coming off the 555 timer and putting a NO momentary between it and the wiper. I tested it a lil more today with different speeds and letting it run a few minutes to see if anything got hot and all was well. I do thank you Luc for your help, but I am a lil...

Well Luc , tried using my digital multi tester to see if I would get a bouncing reading on the wires you mentioned and all read 12 volt. But I did a lil experiment, by touching one of the 555 timer leads to the wiper, it sped up like a charm. I have to look at a 555 timer schematic again, I...

I think I will buy a test light tomorrow, your first prescription sound easier and safer

Luc, can I do the same thing with a multi tester( I don't have a test light)? wouldn't the numbers jump around be the same thing as flashing? I should also point out the power supply I have is one that only has the two prong plug, so should I wire up a three prong and run a ground in from the...

Man, I have re read this post several times and I still missed this part where he tried jumping the gnd to motor negative. Seems like an easy test to try.

Yeah I tried the wiper to the power, it speeds up for a split second and then cuts off. I also tried disconnecting the ground. On the other smaller controller I shorted the ground to the wiper and it sped the motor up but looks like this larger one isn't going to do it. I think I seen...

Bummer, no rapid by shorting the wiper and ground together. But upon further reading of Troyo's original post he said he used a NC switch on just the ground alone, so I will try that next. Fortunately this controller is marked in English as to where the ground and wiper are.

Yeah it is kool stuff, I worked at a tool and die shop and our machines didn't go that fast. The machinists I worked with liked to peck drill everything as do I. As to these machine and cutters being for hobbyist, no not really, but hey if you can throw down $150k for cnc machine and cutters...