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From: "Jim Wilkins" <muratlanne@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: rod-mill project - "mains" electric motor advice
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2025 11:34:06 -0400
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"Richard Smith"  wrote in message news:m1r01kwsh9.fsf@void.com...

> I will go with "off the shelf".  Now seen what's needed.
> Time si too valuable.

Now that you have refined your estimate, before spending both you might 
consider if the desired result is worth the available time plus budget.

I had the same decision to make when designing and quoting custom equipment 
and with collecting my own firewood. When overtime was available my time was 
more valuable working it than logging. There was enough down time between 
R&D projects to stay far enough ahead on the wood, plus cutting and handling 
it substituted for a health club.

I could never correctly estimate the time to complete a new type of project. 
Cutting corners early just cost more time later. Last summer's sawmill work 
took twice as long as planned, much of it unexpectedly repairing and 
upgrading equipment. The "2000 Lb" gantry eventually lifted 3600 Lbs. The 
driving time to replace locally bought hardware store parts with stronger 
industrial ones ate up half a day.
https://www.riggingwarehouse.com/rw-lifting-rigging-hardware/rw-connection-repair-links/rw-hammerlocks.html?

Waiting for a critical order I hadn't planned for cost several days of 
reduced productivity.
https://www.amazon.com/Klau-Industrial-Hanging-Display-Factory/dp/B0CFFCSFJW/ref=asc_df_B0CFFCSFJW?
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