{"id":2511,"date":"2009-01-10T14:57:32","date_gmt":"2009-01-10T19:57:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toolsofrenewal.com\/?p=2511"},"modified":"2009-01-10T14:57:32","modified_gmt":"2009-01-10T19:57:32","slug":"cutting-the-cord","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toolsofrenewal.com\/?p=2511","title":{"rendered":"Cutting the Cord"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is no Such Thing as Scrap<\/em><\/p>\n

It amazes me, how the garage gets bigger every time I rearrange it. Yesterday it was crowded. Today I feel like buying more big tools to fill the empty space.<\/p>\n

I was upset because I couldn’t put the table saw against the left wall; it kept my car door from opening. I had to put the saw either on the right side of the garage (inconvenient) or in the middle (in the way). By rearranging stuff, I created so much room on the right side, I can keep the saw in the middle of the garage and have room around it to work. I just back the car out, plug the saw in, and cut.<\/p>\n

It’s funny how little loose ends in my life are tying themselves up. When I got my welder, I bought a 50-amp RV cord because I thought I would have to run it to the 220-volt dryer socket. I cut off the female end of the cord and spliced in a big NEMA plug. Then I installed a circuit for the welder, and I didn’t need the cord. So I had fifty feet of cord with a dryer plug on it, just sitting around. It’s heavy, and it takes up a lot of room.<\/p>\n

Now I have a situation where I could use a few more feet of cord for the saw. So I’m thinking I may just cannibalize the RV cord! I can have as much length as I need. The cord is a little thinner than the saw cord, but I know it’s ample. There is no way this thing will ever draw anything close to 50 amps. I believe it sucks about 24. That’s plenty of leeway.<\/p>\n

I can’t figure out why the saw starts so much more smoothly than the compressor. I assume both starters have a soft-start feature. The saw simply starts running; the compressor goes “BANG” when it starts. Maybe I should double-check the wiring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There is no Such Thing as Scrap It amazes me, how the garage gets bigger every time I rearrange it. Yesterday it was crowded. Today I feel like buying more big tools to fill the empty space. I was upset because I couldn’t put the table saw against the left wall; it kept my car […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tools"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toolsofrenewal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/toolsofrenewal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/toolsofrenewal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toolsofrenewal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toolsofrenewal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/toolsofrenewal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2511\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toolsofrenewal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toolsofrenewal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toolsofrenewal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}