Members DavidMillsSaddlery Posted March 9, 2019 Members Report Posted March 9, 2019 I just bought a type a clicker made by USMC It is labeled as a type a. Does anyone have any information/instructions about these? Hopefully I can upload photos… Quote
Members DavidMillsSaddlery Posted March 13, 2019 Author Members Report Posted March 13, 2019 (edited) This isn’t mine, but just like mine! Edited March 13, 2019 by turbotexas Spelling Quote
Members DavidMillsSaddlery Posted March 13, 2019 Author Members Report Posted March 13, 2019 Ok so far, I got it out of the back of my pickup truck, and into a storage container! Ive removed all the panels to find quite I’d bit of oil in this pan below the cylinder! There was plenty of hydraulic fluid in the tank, so I put a 120v plug on it and it powered right up! the push button did NOT activate the press, so I’ve got to dig into that and see why! Anyone recognize this board? Am I supposed to have it on 220v? One have running the electric motor, that runs the pump, and the other half runningvthe actuator side? The guy I bought it from said it was wired directly, and the 80 year old that sold it to him said it had been converted from 3 Phase, to 120? The power cord had two ground wires twisted together and then a red and black? Sobwonder if it’s 220? Quote
Members DavidMillsSaddlery Posted March 13, 2019 Author Members Report Posted March 13, 2019 Supposedly this has been converted! I have the old board, that was replaced with what I’ve shown here! How would I determine if it was still on 3 phase? Quote
Members DavidMillsSaddlery Posted March 13, 2019 Author Members Report Posted March 13, 2019 Well it’s up and working per day! It was 220 volt instead of the 120 I was told! Only problem is the stroke is limited by a potentialmeter on the head! Most stroke I get is 1/4”! Which is ok, and could be a “safety measure”, but the cutting board I have has enough warp in it that it doesn’t go all the way through the leather... Is there a cutting board material available at Home Depot I can buy? Quote
Members Matt S Posted March 13, 2019 Members Report Posted March 13, 2019 11 hours ago, turbotexas said: How would I determine if it was still on 3 phase? UK and US electrics are fairly different but 3-phase will have 3x live/hot lines coming in, all individually fused. In addition there will be a ground/earth and on some machines a neutral/cold line. There will be no starter capacitor (which is usually located very close to or actually on the motor) on a 3-phase setup. In addition the motor usually gives some indication on the tally plate as to whether it's 1- or 3-phase. Are those valves/tubes inside those cans on the PCB? They could well be damaged by the move or just through thermal cycling. And if they are valves the capacitors will probably be well out of spec and the resistors may well be also. Plus side is that the electronics look fairly simple for rebuilding if you decide to do that. 3-phase to 1-phase conversions are certainly possible. I recently did this to a Fortuna splitter which was trickier than many machines as it has 4x differently specced motors that switch in and out. There's a few different approaches available these days. Quote
Members DavidMillsSaddlery Posted March 14, 2019 Author Members Report Posted March 14, 2019 The problem now is the stroke length is only 1/4”! There’s a switch/dial on the head that makes it “adjustable”, but it’s not enough to go through saddle skirting? Quote
Members DavidMillsSaddlery Posted March 14, 2019 Author Members Report Posted March 14, 2019 This is the adjuster, that seems to restrict the downstroke? I’ll check for what you’re referring to... mom away from the machine sonill post more later! Quote
Members Matt S Posted March 14, 2019 Members Report Posted March 14, 2019 2 hours ago, turbotexas said: This is the adjuster, that seems to restrict the downstroke? I’ll check for what you’re referring to... mom away from the machine sonill post more later! Looks like a rotary switch with an array of capacitors potted to the back. Don't quite know how it fits into your electrics but worth being aware of. Do you have any sort of schematic? They were often included with machine manuals. Quote
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