Time to get started
February 3, 2008 – 6:43 pmGot the bike back together today. Now it’s time to get started on my shop. Where to start? Oh yeah, I made a list on one of my earlier posts. Guess I will check that.
Played around with the bandsaw. Resawed a piece of red oak to 1/16 of an inch. That thing is going to be pretty cool. I need to get a different blade though as there was some burning going on with the stock blade.
Guess the next thing I do to the shop will be wiring, that is if I can stay off Guitar Hero. That is an awesome game!
Anybody have any suggestions as to how many 220V outlets I should have? Do they use a different plug for 220V. Some of my tools come prewired for 110V but you can change that to 220V. Do you need to chang the plug?
Hello, anyone out there?
4 Responses to “Time to get started”
I’m here but I have nothing to say! I’m clueless.
By Eric on Feb 3, 2008
To answer your questions…
1) As many as you need. This totally depends on the number and placement of your 220V tools. If you start doing your own electrical work, you’ll soon discover that it’s easy enough to add new outlets (assuming the conduit/boxes are mounted in the walls, not in the walls) and you will do so as/where needed.
2) Yes, 220V uses a different plug…and is wired differently. Instead of one “hot” and one “common” (with 120V potential) you’ll have 2 “hot” with 240V potential between them (1 from each pole of the double-pole breaker) There are many different configurations based on voltage/amperage.
2) You will almost certainly need to re-wire your motors to change from 110v to 220v in addition to changing the plug. Check your manuals closely.
The main reason for re-wiring your tools from 110v to 240v would be to lower the amperage requirement (cuts it in half)…thereby reducing the gauge of wire, breakers, etc. If the tool doesn’t require large amperages or you’re not running out of amps on a given 110v circuit, there’s no good reason to go through the effort of rewiring the tool.
By Patrick on Feb 7, 2008
I always thought that using 220V for your tools was easier on the motor and cost less to run…
By MorningWood on Feb 7, 2008
Always use 220 when you can, its easier on the motors. And it is NOT cheaper, think about it! The quantity of work you ae doing hasn’t changed, just the manner in which you do it.
By waldo73 on Feb 8, 2008