JJ":2yh680zz said:
In fact I have just downloaded a free manual from them, I suppose a generic BAOS 12 manual.
I, too, found that they'd finally put a whole slew of manuals up on their web site this afternoon - they've only been promising the service for about 4 years now, so well done Ultracare....... Their parts can still be expensive, though.
JJ":2yh680zz said:
BTW what does BAO/S stand for?
The "B" stands for "Bursgreen", a division of Wadkin which was purchased as a part of the Sagar company in 1956, the "/S" indicates that the machine is a thicknesser with surfacing (also seen in another model, the UO/S) whilst the AO is just the model identity. Don't ask me why AO. The previous 12in thicknesser was the UO1 (because there was a family - UO1 12 x 5in, UO2 18 x 5in, UO3 18 x 9in and UO/S a UO3 with surfacing tables), although that was designed by Bursgreen in pre-Wadkin ownership days. After Wadkin took over Bursgreen had a mixture of Wadkin 2-letter names prefixed with a "B" (e.g. "BLM" - an "LM" borer produced by Bursgreen), Wadkin letter groups prefixed with a "B" (e.g. "BER", "BEN", "BEM" and "BEL" - all Wadkin, Leicester spindles from the late 1920s were E-something or other), "obvious" names (e.g. "BRA" - radial arm saws, although this was contrary to standard Wadkin practice in which R-somethingorother was always an overhand planer) and then there the odd ones (e.g. "AGS" for the general purpose saw, although there was also a "BGS" which was quite similar). All in all really consistent.......
As to a three phase motor running from single phase I know of several industrial sanders which do exactly this, although in their case the motor is wired-up as a 6-pole single phase motor which gives a rotation speed of just under 1,000 rpm. To get the speed up to 3,000 rpm would require a much larger pulley to compensate for the speed loss.
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