[SML] Band Saws

[PJ Veltri]

Keith,

There's been talk in my school district about going the same route, namely,
creating a career tech program, may I ask if there's a precedent that
you're following or are you blazing the trail and creating something from
scratch?

Thanks
PJ

On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 11:39 AM, Keith Newman via Stagecraft <
stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:

> It is hard to be a steward of the school when they kick your but out the
> door.  I am really glad to be back here though.  I had a big hand in
> specifying what I wanted at our temporary facility and an even larger hand
> in developing requirements and specifications in our soon to be rehabbed
> Auditorium and the new shop.
>
> Some good news came about after I was rehired.  My position is not only
> safe but it is being expanded.  My program is going to become a full career
> tech program that can have students attending it from three school
> districts (hopefully, soon to be five).  There is a lot of good that can
> come from it.  It is pretty exciting to switch from an after school and
> lunch period club activity into curriculum.  There was and is a lot of
> teaching and learning going on but the added option of students getting to
> spend two, one and a half hour classes per year with me for two years is a
> really cool thing that I would have loved as a student.  All of this will
> get me full teacher status and a bump in pay.  That takes care of a lot of
> supervision concerns for the district and also enables me to directly
> supervise students on field trips.  I am hoping to bring a group down to
> the USITT Ohio Valley Fall conference this year and maybe the national
> conference in a couple more years.
>
> One guy was busted with some things from the school, none of it was from
> my department though.  The theft issues hit a few departments very hard.
> The Instrumental department lost all of their guitars for their guitar
> class.  Insurance covered replacing the microphones and the musical
> equipment but none of it should have ever been an issue.  The way the move
> was conducted obviously needs to be revisited before we return to our
> rebuilt building. I would hope our administrators would be on top of it but
> quite honestly, unless our insurance company steps in and looks at the
> practices surrounding the move, I doubt anything will change.
>
> Anyhow... Carla, thank you for the suggestion.  The VFD is a great idea.
> I don't anticipate cutting a lot of metal on the band saw but having the
> ability to slow down the blade for it may come in handy for the
> unanticipated thing that will come up and bite me in the backside if I
> don't have it as an option.
>
> Keith
>
> On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 10:22 AM, Mt. Angel Performing Arts Center via
> Stagecraft <stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:
>
>
>> A lot of wonderful old iron can have a new lease on life by adding a
>> Variable Frequency Drive.
>>
>> Many VFDs take single phase input power and output 3-phase. A bonus is
>> they can turn a fixed-speed 3-phase motor into variable-speed, so cutting
>> wood, plastic, foam or metal is possible by adjusting the blade speed to
>> the material.
>>
>> We got our VFDs from Dealers Electric based on pricing at the time. They
>> currently show a 2 horsepower single-phase input, 3-phase output unit for
>> $159 plus shipping. I have no connection other than as a satisfied customer.
>>
>> <http://dealerselectric.com/230V-single-phase-input.asp>
>>
>> I'm sorry to hear your facility lost all that equipment to a preventable
>> theft - that just sucks.
>>
>> Carla
>>
>> When you think about how bad your job is, remember that somewhere there's
>> a guy in front of a tax office dressed as the Statue of Liberty.
>>
>>
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