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March 19, 2004
Tonite I got to work on the angle iron I intend to use as my trailing-edge-long back riveting plate. My dad had spare piece that was just about exactly the right length, and in good shape, so I went to work cleaning it up.
I picked up a Husky 6" DA Sander. Supposed to use about 4 cfm. Riiiiggghhhhttttt. And the government is here to help you! That sucker took everything my compressor had and more. The compressor was running full-out trying to keep up with it. I'm guessing it used about twice as much air as advertised. Hmmm, maybe I need a bigger compressor...unfortunately, I don't have any 220 in the shop, so I'm S.O.L. there, at least until I decide to call an electrician.
Oh well, at least it works...for a while. Basically, I've known that with the compressor running, I have to be careful running anything else, or else I'll trip the main breaker for the shop. I'm thinking "20amp circuit, this shouldn't be tripping this easy". By now, I've got it down to a science what can run with what. Back when I lived on a sailboat, I got very good at balancing electrical loads trying not to trip breakers! Anyways, eventually it popped, so I went up to reset it. Remember that 20amp circuit? It's only a 15! No wonder I was having problems. Anyways, the compressor had warmed up the breaker enough that as soon as it came on the breaker would trip. This isn't going to work.
Enter the mad-genius plan. When we built the house, the electrician threw an extra 20amp circuit into the basement that could be run out to the lake later if we wanted. Well, I still don't see why I'd want to do that, but it would make a dandy powertool feed! The rest of the night was spent running electrical wire, drilling holes in the joists, headers, etc. and getting ready to wire in the box.
