Chuck I got hold of a Milwaukee Hole Hawg Drill .....and with my special drill check to winch shaft adapter .....the Hole Hawg turned slow enuf tilt the antenna system from Horizontal to vertical and
The Hole Hawg features in Neal Stephenson's essay "In the Beginning was the Command Line". http://artlung.com/smorgasborg/C_R_Y_P_T_O_N_O_M_I_C_O_N.shtml ".. At some point, the drill bit caught in th
Not a variac, you'll loose torque. You need an add-on pulse width modulation motor speed controller. Not sure if they make them anymore since they are built into drills now. You could build one yours
You will still lose torque with a pwm light dimmer. You will need something like an variable speed drive, where you vary the drive frequency and voltage simultaneously, essentially synthesizing a com
The idea of the PWM method is that you have full torque when on, but are not on all the time. You do lose horsepower, but not torque, AFAIK. It's similar to pulsing the ON/OFF switch on the drill. I
Rick, I was told by a friend who is knowledgeable about the subject that yes, the drill converts AC to DC so not a candidate for Pulse Width Motor Speed Controller I need something off the shelf as I
I noticed in one of the trade rags recently (I can't recall which) that you can get single phase in, 3 phase out, variable frequency drives for small motors in the $100 range. They're not the totally
Even then, under a heavy load excessive heating is likely. Two SCRs or a Triac of suficient current capability and a diac for triggering. The circuit is relatively simple to build, but it's noisy and
You still lose average torque. The motor has inertia and when hit with a series of pulses you still have a heating problem under load. Which can also lead to excessive heating. 73 Roger (K8RI) ______