http://www.txrxlabs.org Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:30:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.txrxlabs.org/2012/01/12/saving-the-drill-press/ http://www.txrxlabs.org/2012/01/12/saving-the-drill-press/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 23:43:07 +0000 rtavk3 http://www.txrxlabs.org/?p=1634 A minor mishap killed the Labs drill press. Determined to revive it we set out to rewind the AC motor by hand. This must have been a labor of love because rewinding motors is no easy chore. After rewinding it 3 times due to some minor mishaps in the winding process ( a nick in the enamel, loose windings, etc.) we finally got it wound. Then the joy of putting it back together culminated with us not even having any parts left over! *What are the odds?* We fired the press back up and works like a charm. In the future we will be more careful, but it was exciting to get to get to wind a motor by hand for once. 

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