A (Epic?) journey in search of my perfect roaster

[Javaphile]

Re: A (Epic?) journey in search of my perfect roas

The on-going saga continues.

I took the roaster in to be sodablasted today and after driving for over an hour to get it there I arrived only to discover nobody in the shop. > So in spite of all the arrangements to have it blasted while I waited for it I ended up having to leave the roaster there to be blasted later.

Mal, the roaster came to me wired for 220v 50Hz 3-phase (so I was told). Its plate says 127/220 with no phase number given. Hence the entire discussion over whether it was usable on a single phase 120v circuit.

The one motor rewinder whos been willing to quote me a price said it would run a minimum of $160USD to have the existing motor rewound for single phase.

Theres currently a 1/2HP rated inverter on evilbay with an opening bid of $1 and so far no bidders so Im hoping to be able to snipe it at the end of the auction for the $1. ;D The unit has an input of 240V single phase to operate a standard 230V, 3 phase motor with a maximum full load amp rating of 2.4 amps per its spec page. Seeing as mine draws only 1.2 amps per its plate it should be more than adequate for the job.

I cant find any info on whether the voltage is infinately adjustable or only setable for the voltages given. Given the wording on the spec page I suspect that the output voltage is determined by the input voltage. Either way being that it has 230v capability I figure it should be able to run my 220v motor with no problems.

Upon further investigation it seems my motor is only a 1/4HP unit and not the 3/4HP Id been told which makes things a bit cheaper, but not by a lot.

The roaster will either be set up on its own dedicated 240v circuit or sharing an existing one wired into one of my printing presses (which has an old turn of the century 1/4HP monster DC motor on it) so hopefully there wont be too much of a problem with RF interference from it. Plus all my computers here are surge and RF protected and theyre the only things Id worry about it interferring with. Even so Ill definately look into a filter for it.

Java "The saga continues" phile

[Javaphile]

Re: A (Epic?) journey in search of my perfect roas

Jeez poor Java in the shit again phile.

Very bad luck.

Maybe a plague of locusts next?

Grant

More car problems Im afraid.

It had appeared to be a bad gas problem but I just used up all that tank and filled up with new gas and the problem is still there. Ugh! Why does this always happen just before a long road trip? >

Java "In the sh*t again" phile

[Javaphile]

Re: A (Epic?) journey in search of my perfect roas

Well, your disappointment is ours, too, if thats consolation. We wait with baited breath for the next instalment of this internet saga/epic. I know its the talking point around my household --no, no, dont be unkind, we DO have a life.

....Wonder it thats the case multiplied by a couple of hundred coffeesnobs, their partners, aunts and just plain acquantances.

I hope yall arent holding your breath! Youd all look pretty funny with purple faces! ;D

Java "Ran out of breath long ago" phile

[nunu]

Re: A (Epic?) journey in search of my perfect roas

Maybe with a little more work, you will end up with some sort of car/roaster combination. Maybe a car that runs on chaff and coffee oil...Perfect

[Javaphile]

Re: A (Epic?) journey in search of my perfect roas

Maybe with a little more work, you will end up with some sort of car/roaster combination. Maybe a car that runs on chaff and coffee oil...Perfect

Hhhmmm....sounds like a perfect car to me! Ill have to get cracking on that design right away!! ;D ;D

Java "Always looking for a good mod" phile

[Javaphile]

Re: A (Epic?) journey in search of my perfect roas

Well no sooner did I speak than not one but 2 people bid on the inverter. Sheesh! :P

Java "Needs to learn to keep his mouth shut" phile

[nunu]

Re: A (Epic?) journey in search of my perfect roas

As online auctions go, the most of the bidding is done in the last bit of time. Since the auctions are timed, the one to make the last bid will often trump other bidders.

Id hold out, since you dont want to drive the price up too much.

[robusto]

Re: A (Epic?) journey in search of my perfect roas

Very true, Nunu, bidding in the early stages only drives up the price. Wait till the last minute, and then POUNCE before anyone else can trump it. Just allow yourself a few seconds to adjust the bid over the last bidders maximum.

[Javaphile]

Re: A (Epic?) journey in search of my perfect roas

As online auctions go, the most of the bidding is done in the last bit of time. Since the auctions are timed, the one to make the last bid will often trump other bidders.

Id hold out, since you dont want to drive the price up too much.

Yeah thats what I do. A minute before the bidding ends Ill put my bid in which leaves me time for at least one if not two more bids if need be.

The only time Ill put a bid in before that if if theres some reason to think the person might pull the auction and theres no other bid already in.

Java "Bid(d)ing his time" phile

[Javaphile]

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Hhhrrrmmm....Here I sit with baited breath awaiting a call from the blaster.

Ive now told him 3 times (once to him directly, once on his voicemail, and once to his wife/office manager) to call me before he touches the roaster. Can you tell Im a bit paranoid about anything happening to my baby?

I realized after Id gotten back home that in all the stress of getting it done Id never removed the heat insulators from the inside of the sides of the barrel housing. Theyre thin hard pieces of Im assuming asbestos given the era of the roaster. If he blasts that area with them in there theyll be turned to dust and destroyed and given the thinness of them (maybe 2mm) it will be next to impossible to find an alternative replacement for them. I have several other areas of concern as well but thats the one thats sticking out of my forehead at the moment.

<Javaphile chews on his fingernails and looks at the phone and imagines going to get the roaster only to find on arrival the pulley wheel broken from a fall (its *very top and back heavy) and a hundred other visions of destruction>

Ohpleaseohpleaseohpleaseohplease dont hurt my baby!!

Java "On pins and needles" phile

[robusto]

Re: A (Epic?) journey in search of my perfect roas

A bit like being in the maternity ward waiting room awaiting delivery. Hoping the babe will have 5 fingers, one head and two eyes....

[Javaphile]

Re: A (Epic?) journey in search of my perfect roas

A bit like being in the maternity ward waiting room awaiting delivery. Hoping the babe will have 5 fingers, one head and two eyes....

Yup! Except I was an active participant in my kids birth and not standing out in the hall.

Wait a minute, you say waiting to see if they have *five fingers? Hhhmmmm..I wonder if I can get a refund 19 years after the fact... ;D

Java "*Still hasnt heard from the blaster #*$%&@" phile

[FrenchBean]

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Oh What the heck... This is so off the subject I couldnt resist..


Contraception was in vented by a PARENT.... any reasons for this

CHILDREN are a wonderful excuse for Contraception.... any queries why?

Children are a life long punishment for losing "IT"..... hmmm so what is "IT"

When all is said and done... one day they will leave home.... "why then do we get so sad?"

Why is life so confusing?

FB ;D

[Javaphile]

Re: A (Epic?) journey in search of my perfect roas

Oh What the heck... This is so off the subject I couldnt resist..


Contraception was in vented by a PARENT.... any reasons for this

They were tired of the neighbors kids always cutting through their yard?

CHILDREN are a wonderful excuse for Contraception.... any queries why?

Because people like to think theyre members of the Contra-Culture?

Children are a life long punishment for losing "IT"..... hmmm so what is "IT"

Ones sanity of course!

When all is said and done... one day they will leave home.... "why then do we get so sad?"

Because we know now well have to clean up their room?

Why is life so confusing?

Because with all joking aside in spite of all they do or dont do and reguardless of appearances or indications to the contrary we dearly love them.

As middle-aged adults we know just how harsh life can be out there. We have kept them safe while they grew, and learned, and matured. But as they continue down lifes path and leave the womb we have provided for all these years we fear for them.

We fear that in spite of all our best efforts and dispite how intelligent they are that theyre not ready for what life is going to confront them with.

We fear they will be hurt. We *know they will be hurt, and as their loving parents we wish to spare them that pain. Knowing that we *cant. Just as we knew while they were growing up that we couldnt, that we *shouldnt, protect them from all hurts as they were a part of life and had to be learned how to be dealt with. All we could do was to try and teach them how to best deal with the hurt and support them while they worked through it.

Just as our children have reached a major mile marker in their life so to have we as parents.

Our babies are now grown and as impossible as it seems when it feels like it was just yesterday that we held a crying toddler in our arms comforting them over that scrapped knee, theyre now adults and are stepping out on their own.

As we are filled with pride and joy at their independence and the person theyve become, we are also filled with a deep sadness over the empty hollow feeling in the house that had been filled for 18 years with the daily sound of their voice, their footstep, and their laugh. It is a time of bursting with pride and joy over them and their accomplishments, and then minutes later being smothered in the echoing silence of an empty home.

Indeed life is confusing. :-/


And now to try and get *something at least in this post on topic:

Java "*Still waiting to hear from the #*%&@! Blaster" phile

[FrenchBean]

Re: A (Epic?) journey in search of my perfect roas

Java my friend, thats about it "Spot On"

I had a thought about your Motor... try to get one that has a larger diameter shaft and take in and have it machined down , ensure the filing dont cause a problem, that might sort out the problems for you.

I suppose thats a really stupid idea, but at least its a thought

FB