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Eric Lamaze and Fine Lady 5 Win $130,000 Ruby et Violette WEF Challenge Cup Round 7
Victoria Colvin Captures Antares Pre Green Hunter Level 1 Championship
For Immediate Release
Lauren Fisher and Callie Seaman for Jennifer Wood Media, Inc.
Wellington, FL – February 25, 2016 – The seventh week of competition at the 2016 Winter Equestrian Festival continued on Thursday with the $130,000 Ruby et Violette WEF Challenge Cup Round 7 featured in the International Ring at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center and a win for Eric Lamaze (CAN) and Fine Lady 5. The victory marks Lamaze's fourth win in the series this year, including wins in weeks two and three with Rosana du Park, and a win week four aboard Check Picobello Z.
WEF 7, sponsored by Suncast®, runs February 24-28, 2016. The week's highlight classes include the $35,000 Illustrated Properties 1.45m Classic on Friday, the $380,000 Suncast® Grand Prix CSI 5* on Saturday evening, and the $86,000 Suncast® 1.50m Championship Jumper Classic on Sunday. The 12-week WEF circuit runs through April 3 offering more than $9 million in prize money.
On Friday, February 26, the EQUUS Foundation's Fete Cheval Etoile will feature the second annual Best Performance Team Invitational showcasing teams of grand prix riders judged on their style, function, and execution by Timmy Kees and Frank Madden with live commentary by Don Stewart and Jimmy Torano. One-hundred percent of event proceeds benefit horse welfare in the United States. Starting at 6 p.m. in PBIEC's International Club, guests will enjoy cocktails, an auction, dinner, and a tribute to the 2016 Horse Stars Hall of Fame inductees. This event is not part of the International Club ticket holder schedule, but tickets and tables are still available for purchase. RSVP at equusfoundation.org/fete. Contact Shannon Coakley at firstname.lastname@example.com or 203-259-1550 for more information.
Eric Lamaze and Fine Lady 5
Santiago Varela (ESP) set the track for Thursday's WEF Challenge Cup for 71 starters. Twenty-nine entries jumped clear in round, and 27 moved on to the jump-off, where 11 were clear over the short course.
Tiffany Foster (CAN) was the first rider to clear the jump-off track in 37.77 seconds, eventually finishing third with her mount Victor, owned by Artisan Farms and Torrey Pines Stable. Hardin Towell (USA) and Jennifer Gates' Lucifer V were next to clear the track in 37.83 seconds, holding on for fourth place. Todd Minikus (USA) then took the lead in 37.42 seconds aboard Quality Girl, but soon settled for second as Lamaze and Fine Lady 5 raced to the finish in a time of 36.30 seconds.
The 13-year-old Hanoverian mare (Forsyth x Drosselklang II), owned by Artisan Farms and Torrey Pines Stable, won the Challenge Cup class three times with Lamaze in the 2015 Series and notched her first win for this year.
"I thought the course was nice," Lamaze said of the competition, "but at the end, there were a lot of clears. The jump-off almost became another class, so strategy is quite simple.
"I think whenever you are in a jump-off like that, you basically just go as fast as you think your horse can go and hope that some of those forward distances keep showing up so that you can keep going fast," Lamaze explained. "With her, I can really trust her and show her some hard angles and believe that she will do the right thing, so I was again on the right horse for a jump-off with so many in it. A lot of it becomes about risk and what you are willing to risk. That is how you win those classes."
Lamaze also spoke about his students and fellow Canadian riders that were successful in the class.
"I was really happy today also with Tiffany (Foster) being third, and another student, Kara Chad, that was in the jump-off. Also, Elizabeth Gingras that had to go first and finished with a very fast four faults to qualify for the grand prix, and Yann Candele that finished tenth," Lamaze continued. "As a group, I am really proud and happy that everybody did great and everything is coming together. We have a plan, and so far everybody is really doing great, and I am very happy about that. It means as much to me as winning."
Eric Lamaze and Fine Lady 5 in their winning presentation with ringmaster Christian Craig.
In addition to the winning prize money, Lamaze picked up a $3,000 bonus for the fourth time this season for wearing SSG 'Digital' style riding gloves as part of the SSG Gloves 'Go Clean for the Green' promotion. That brings his tally up to $12,000 in bonus money for the circuit so far.
Also competing in the International Ring on Thursday, Kent Farrington (USA) and RCG Farm's Creedance topped the $8,000 Douglas Elliman 1.45m jump-off class. A $2,500 MAYBACH – ICONS OF LUXURY High Amateur-Owner Jumper speed class was also held with a win for Rogelio Pellerano and Precieuse Platiere.
Victoria Colvin Captures Antares Pre-Green Hunter Level 1 Championship
Victoria Colvin piloted her own mount My Way to the Pre-Green Hunter Level 1 3' division championship on Thursday morning. Colvin topped the division with 30 points, winning two of the four over fences classes and the under saddle. Sandy Ferrell settled for the reserve tricolor honors aboard Hemmingway. Ferrell earned a first, second, and two third-place ribbons over fences for owner Stephanie Bulger.
Colvin of Loxahatchee, FL, recently acquired the seven-year-old Holsteiner gelding as part of her new string of hunters. She purchased him from Chad Keenum following a successful trial four months ago at Keenum's farm in Virginia. "He's been a darling to work with," Colvin commented about the pair's growing partnership.
This week was Colvin's second outing with My Way. "It was quite good for his second show," Colvin remarked. "The first rounds of each day this week were a little spooky, but he actually jumped around pretty great."
Victoria Colvin and My Way
Putting in flawless rounds on a green horse is always a challenge, but the windy conditions today added another obstacle for the horses and riders to contend with. "He's still a little spooky with the wind and everything, but he is very smooth across the ground," Colvin explained. "I was hoping he was going to win the second round!"
My Way is a pretty young horse and beautiful mover, and Colvin said that she recalls one of her famous junior hunter mounts when she rides My Way. "He reminds me of Ovation a little bit, especially in the way that he canters. He's quite smooth and pretty to look at," Colvin stated. "I just let him figure out himself. I make a big trot toward all the jumps so he can have a look at them and then I just let him do what he wants."
Colvin plans to continue showing My Way in the Pre-Green Hunter division. If he continues to do well, she hopes to move him up to the 3'3" by the end of the year.
WEF 7 continues on Friday, featuring the $35,000 Illustrated Properties 1.45m Classic in the International Ring. The Platinum Performance USEF Show Jumping Talent Search will be the highlight in Ring 6. For more information and full results, please visit www.PBIEC.com.
Final Results: $130,000 Ruby et Violette WEF Challenge Cup Round 7
1. FINE LADY 5: 2003 Hanoverian mare by Forsyth x Drosselklang II
ERIC LAMAZE (CAN), Artisan Farms LLC: 0/0/36.30
2. QUALITY GIRL: 2003 Oldenburg mare by Quidam's Rubin x Dobrock
TODD MINIKUS (USA), Quality Group: 0/0/37.42
3. VICTOR: 2002 KWPN gelding by Elmshorn x Grandeur
TIFFANY FOSTER (CAN), Artisan Farms LLC & Torrey Pines Stable: 0/0/37.77
4. LUCIFER V: 2006 Westphalian gelding by Lord Dezi x Grandeur
HARDIN TOWELL (USA), Jennifer Gates LLC: 0/0/37.83
5. GENTLEY: 2006 Belgian Warmblood gelding by Bentley vd Heffinck x Major de la Cour
FILIP DE WANDEL (BEL) Filip de Wandel: 0/0/40.96
6. ROYCE: 2004 Oldenburg stallion by Café au Lait x Grandilot
MARGIE ENGLE (USA), Elm Rock LLC: 0/0/42.29
7. ZELOTE VDL: 2004 KWPN stallion by Chin Chin x Libero H
TINA YATES (USA), Highpoint Farm LLC: 0/0/42.55
8. ARISTOTELES V: 2005 KWPN gelding by Padinus x Lux
JONATHAN MCCREA (IRL), Candy Tribble: 0/0/42.85
9. RAIA D'HELBY: 2005 Selle Francais mare by Fergar Mail x Papillon Rouge
ADRIENNE STERNLICHT (USA), Starlight Farms LLC: 0/0/42.91
10. FIRST CHOICE 15: 2003 Hessian Warmblood gelding by For Keeps x Angard
YANN CANDELE (CAN), Watermark Group: 0/0/43.04
11. LUCERO LS LA SILLA: 2005 SLS stallion by Dollar de la Pierre x Accord II
KARINA JOHANNPETER (BRA), Haras Joter Ltda: 0/0/46.12
12. MARTHA LOUISE: 2004 Swedish Warmblood mare by Maloubet de Pleville 1039 x Wolfgang
CONOR SWAIL (IRL), Ariel and Susan Grange: 0/4/37.39
Photo Credit: Photos © Sportfot, An Official Photographer of the Winter Equestrian Festival, sportfot.com. These photos may be used only in relation to this press release and must include photo credit.


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Notice of Special Meeting: While the Superintendent Leavell and our directors attend the WA State School Directors Assn. (WSSDA) this week in Bellevue, WA, they have set aside some time for a study session for self-reflection, per Policy 1810. This meeting will be held in the Executive Boardroom at the Hyatt Regency Bellevue. Details can be found on the posted agenda. The Bremerton School Board of Directors is made up of five citizens who are elected from within the school district's boundaries. They serve four-year terms and are responsible for approving policies, curriculum, and the district's budget. The Board holds meetings on most first and third Thursdays at 5:00 pm in our district Administration Building Board Room, located at 134 Marion Avenue North. Exceptions are November, December, January, April and July. Visit our Library area for a schedule of this year's regular Board meetings. If you have any questions, please call 360.473.1031.
You can check out the latest news from our Board meetings. View brief highlights from each Board meeting under "Board Meeting Highlights" on the left.
Agendas, Minutes, and Other Information
For agendas, minutes, and other information, please visit our BoardDocs website. It is an easy site to navigate around. Here are a few tips:
- For information on individual Board members, visit the Welcome page, select Board Members on the left side.
- For current meeting information, select the "Information" tab, which displays current meeting agendas and materials.
- For past meeting information, select the "Meetings" tab to scroll down through past meeting agendas and materials.
- To view minutes, click on "View the Minutes" button on the right (available only after approval by the Board).
- To view upcoming meeting schedules and planned study sessions, click on the "Library" tab, then General, then click on Schedules.
If you have any questions or comments about BoardDocs, please contact Ioanna Cossack at firstname.lastname@example.com or call 360.473.1031.
Board Elections 2019Director positions 1, 2, and 3 will be on the November ballot this November. Director Dubos is running unopposed for her Position #3. We have two new candidates for the other positions. Please be sure to get out there and vote.
There is information out there for anyone interested in serving on a school board; you can learn more about running for a Director position from the Washington State School Directors' Association, or take a look at Serving on Your Local School Board: A Guide for Candidates.
Ms. Evans did announce at the Board meeting on April 11th that she will not be running for office this November. She currently fills Position #1. Director Rubie, Position #2, announced Thursday, May 16th, that he also will not be seeking re-election.
Each year, the Washington State School Directors' Association (WSSDA) features workshops for potential school directors. "Candidate workshops are held Tuesday through Thursday, June 11 to 13, from 6:30 to 8:30 pm in various locations around the state." Please visit the WSSDA website here and RSVP to them if you plan to attend. Agendas include how to run for office and roles and responsibilities of school board directors. Pre-registration is recommended. For more information, visit their site at www.wssda.org.
The Washington State School Directors' Association has, or will soon mail an informational flyer to each school board candidate with details about these workshops and a glimpse at some of the responsibilities of a school board.
Our Board and Officers for 2019Alyson Rotter, President and State Legislative Representative (Term expires 2021)Jonee Dubos, Vice-President and Auditor (Term expires 2019)Carolynn Perkins, Federal Legislative Representative (Term expires 2021)John Hurley, appointed 8-8-19 (Term expires 2019)Dave Rubie, WIAA Representative (Term expires 2019)Gabriel O'Rourke-Dela Cruz, Student Representative to the Board (2019/20)
2019 is an election year for three of our Board positions. Interested candidates for office must file the week of May 13-17, 2019, at the Kitsap County Auditor's Office, Elections Division, at 619 Division St., Port Orchard. Please visit their website for more information.
From the Center for Public Education (an NSBA Initiative): An excerpt from School Boards and the Power of the Public
Community engagement matters to schools and engagement in the schools matters to communities, so say Michael A. Resnick and Anne L. Bryant in an essay called "School Boards and the Power of the Public." The essay is part of a new book, Education and the Making of a Democratic People, available from Paradigm Publishers. It places special emphasis on how school boards can engage the public, how they serve as an example of democracy in action, and why it's the schools' responsibility to teach students about democracy in ways that are tangible and meaningful. Resnick and Bryant also make the case for elected school boards and the representative role they play. Highlights of the essay include: Schools and civic engagement
- Schools are the most significant public institution: They provide a social environment where kids spend six hours per day 180 days per year.
- Schools provide adults with their first major opportunity to be involved.
- Schools serve community life and participatory democracy.
- Schools and communities working together can create the schools they want, to match the life envisioned for their children.
Animated Video - Role of a School Board
The role of the school board is frequently misunderstood by citizens. And students often do not fully understand the impact that the Board may have on their future. This animated video, which won an award in NSPRA's (National School Public Relations Association) 2016 Electronic Media competition, takes a crack at explaining the role of the Board to an elementary student. Thanks to the Texas Assn. of School Boards for providing the leadership to explain the role of today's school board.
Be Involved
One of the best ways to stay informed of what's happening in public education in your community and to have a voice in it, is to attend a meeting of your local school board. Our Board welcomes you at its meetings. If you would like to bring something to the attention of the directors, there is a public comment period at the beginning of each regular meeting where visitors may make presentations lasting up to three minutes. Provided near the entrance, you will find forms, "Request to Address The Board of Directors;" please complete this form and give to Ms. Cossack before the Board meeting if you wish to provide comments. You may also comment prior to Board action on any specific action agenda item, by simply raising your hand during Board discussion. Comments on agenda items are also limited to three minutes. You may also write, email, or telephone your school board directors to make your opinions known.
Please note that discussions regarding individual staff or students are not appropriate for a public meeting. Please contact the Superintendent regarding these complaint procedures.
2019-2020 Board Meeting Schedule
The Board meets most first and third Thursday at 5:00 pm in the Board Room, District Administration Building, 134 Marion Ave. N. Complete School Board Meeting Schedule
Agendas, Minutes, and Other Information
For agendas, minutes, and other information, please visit our BoardDocs website. It is an easy site to navigate around. Here are a few tips:
- For information on individual Board members, visit the Welcome page, select Board Members on the left side.
- For current meeting informaton, select the "Information" tab, which displays current meeting agendas and materials.
- For past meeting information, select the "Meetings" tab to scroll down through past meeting agendas and materials.
- To view minutes, click on "View the Minutes" button on the right (available only after approval by the Board).
- To view upcoming meeting schedules and planned study sessions, click on the "Library" tab, then General, then click on Schedules.
If you have any questions or comments about BoardDocs, please contact Ioanna Cossack at firstname.lastname@example.com or call 360.473.1031.
2019-2020 Board Goals
Overarching themes/focus for 19/20 are communication, equity, and accountability
Standard 1- Provide responsible school district governance.
Benchmark of Success B: Ensuring the Board is accountable and open to the public including seeking divergent perspectives in its decision making process.
Focus area(s):
- Follow a defined process for gathering input prior to making critical decisions (Q7).
Benchmark of Success F: Working as an effective and collaborative team.
Focus area(s):
- Together with the Superintendent, share responsibility for the orientation of new Board members and forming a new inclusive team (Q22).
Standard 3- Create conditions district-wide for student and staff success.
Benchmark of Success B: Employing and supporting quality teachers, administrators and other staff and providing for their professional development.
Focus area(s):
- Have policies that ensure hiring and retention of highly qualified staff (Q35).
- Have policies for evaluating staff based on student success (Q36).
Benchmark of Success D: Ensuring management of the organization, operations, and resources for an efficient and effective learning environment.
Focus area(s):
- Communicate an expectation that all classrooms will implement effective instructional practices (Q45).
- Provide for evaluation of district operations to ensure there is an efficient and effective learning environment (Q46).
Standard 4- Hold school district accountable for meeting student learning expectations.
Benchmark of Success A: Committing to continuous improvement in student achievement at each school and throughout the district.
Focus area(s):
- Ensure a high degree of coherence between the district plan and school improvement plans (Q53).
- Publicly recognize the efforts of schools in improving student learning (Q55).
Benchmark of Success C: Measuring student academic progress and needs based on valid and reliable assessments.
Focus area(s):
- Regularly evaluate and adjust resources and strategies for closing achievement gaps to maximize their effectiveness (Q62).
Standard 5- Engage local community and represent the values and expectations they hold for their schools.
Benchmark of Success A: Collaborating with families and community members, responding to diverse interests and needs, and mobilizing community resources.
Focus area(s):
- Follow an effective process for responding to questions, concerns, comments or feedback from citizens (Q66).
Benchmark of Success C: Ensuring district information and decisions are communicated community-wide.
Focus area(s):
- Communicate district performance to the public in clear and understandable ways (Q70).
Adopted September 19, 2019

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eBay Sales of 6.16.2015
Today flew by but thankfully the eBay sales kept pace! We didn't really sell anything surprising today but still, check out our top sales and be on the lookout! Constant Vigilance!
Top 4 Sales
Item: NWT Vintage A.H. Fowler Camouflage Puffy Vest
Paid Price: $5.99
Sale Price: $42.46
Shipping: Buyer Paid
Notes: I'd never heard of A.H. Folwer but when I saw these vintage vest NWT I threw it in my cart so fast it it almost caught fire! It sat for a few months and I refused several offers from a buyer who ended up buying it at full price after all! Never give in! Unless you need the money to pay eBay fees....
eBay Sales of 6.14.2015
Our Sales have been drizzling in bit by bit. Today was a high day with 8 sales which really helped us out! We just paid for flight to Costa Rica later in the summer straight out of eBay profits! Being financially stable is the eventual goal but the idea of selling on eBay is simply to allow us to live as we please!
Top 4 Sales
Item: UMBRO XXL Manchester United Sweater
Paid Price: $4.99
Sale Price: $34.95
Shipping: Buyer Paid
Notes: Umbro is a maker of sports attire (specifically jerseys). A sweater such as this one in a 2XL was a no brainer to pick up. Sold in less than an hour!
eBay Sales of 6.12.2015
We didn't have any terribly exciting sales today, just a few consistent ones. The kind of middle of the road profit type sales that are the bread and butter of any real eBay store. There are a few brands however that we thought we'd share with you so you can be on the lookout for them!
Top 3 Sales
Item: Crocs Sanrah Women's Wedge Sandals
Paid Price: $2.99
Sale Price: $24.50
Shipping: Buyer Paid
Notes: Crocs are always something to be on the lookout for! These were new but they don't have to be. The more unusual they are the better. Normal Crocs are a dime a dozen and got for about that on eBay. If you see something and think, "I didn't know Crocs made something like that..." or the more likely, "Holy crap those things are ugly!" then you've probably found a winner.
Item: prAna Full Zip Men's Jacket
Paid Price: $5.99
Sale Price: $29.50
Shipping: Buyer Paid
Notes: prAna is a medium high end end brand that typically makes active wear. This jacket a difficult sell because we had no idea what to title it as and couldn't find another one like it. We ended up selling it as a "prAna Full Zip Rasta Jacket."
Item: Gibson Sacred Tour Shirt - NWT
Paid Price: $2
Sale Price: $20.00
Shipping: Buyer Paid
Notes: When I awoke in the morning to see that someone had put in an offer on this coat I was shocked....I have no idea how it ended up being posted with the "Best Offer" option highlighted. Luckily the person was nice and offered $20. We accepted and packaged up the coat after it had been listed for only a couple days. London Fog is a great brand to pick up if the item is decently priced and in great shape. There is plenty of beat up vintage London Fog clothing that is worth almost nothing. Just make sure to look it up before buying it!
Daily Totals
Number of Sales: 3
Cash Flow In: $74.45
Amount Spent on Inventory Sold: $11
Total Returns: 0
Total Profit before shipping: $63.45
Total Spent on New Inventory:$0
eBay Sales of 6.10.15
BIG Sales...now how to ship it...
We're still working on chipping away at our eBay fees for this past month and today's sales really helped! Never be afraid of shipping huge things. We shipped a monstrous box today that weighed 50 pounds and measure 20x20x24 all the way to Florida! Luckily the thing we sold was unique enough that the buyer was willing to pay the almost $65 in shipping. Never be afraid! Just get a bigger box!
Item: Ampex 900 Reel to Reel Tape Player
Paid Price: $25
Sale Price: $250 (offer accepted)
Shipping: Buyer Paid (Thank Goodness)
Notes: We saw this thing sitting on the electronics bench at Goodwill and looked it up on a whim. There was one other on eBay that was listed at almost $500. A quick look into completed showed that the person was just guessing on the price and it had been relisted multiple times. This thing sat around for a month or two before we got around to listing it. The thing is...we didn't want to ship it! It measured 20x10x13 and weighed over 40 pounds. So we put it on bid starting at $299,95. It got tons of views and some watchers but nobody took the bait. When that listing ended unsold we placed it on a BIN with best offer. Someone offered $200 within an hour which we didn't accept. To make it worth it to us to ship this thing we really wanted to make $200 on it. It sat for a month or so before the same person came back and offered $250. This time we jumped on it! Lots of bubble-wrap and newspaper later and it's off to Florida!
Item: Gibson Sacred Tour Shirt - NWT
Paid Price: $5.99
Sale Price: $43.50
Shipping: Buyer Paid
Notes: I would have bought this shirt even without the Tags! There are lots of shirts that people would buy...if only they could find them! I have several shirts listed right now that will sell for a good price...if I can just figure out what the person looking for them would search. This one was obvious! A Gibson Tour Shirt! Ba-boom! Sold in less than a month.
Item: Women's Shape Ups - Sz 6.5
Paid Price: $4.99
Sale Price: $33.00
Shipping: Buyer Paid
Notes: If you've ever checked out our BOLO Lists, you know that we have a penchant for Skechers Shape-Ups! These always sell sooner or later. These sold on the later side taking over a month to move on from our storage.
Daily Totals
Number of Sales: 4
Cash Flow In: $326.50
Amount Spent on Inventory Sold: $0
Total Returns: 0
Total Profit before shipping: $290.52
Total Spent on New Inventory:$0
eBay Fees!!
So our eBay fees for the past month have been invoice and let me tell you...we're still recovering! We normally try to pay our account fees when they reach $200 so they don't have a chance to creep up on us. But this past month what with business and trips we never got around to checking them and knocking them back down. Long story short...we ended up with an even $500 in fees! Time to put things on sale to pay them! Lucky fees aren't "due" until the 15th so hopefully we have some good sales before then.
Ebay Sales of 6.6.15
Weekend Sales
The weekend is here and so are the sales! Not a ton of them, but enough to keep things moving. Throughout the weekend our sales are always high and sometimes throughout the week we're just holding on a praying for Sunday to come fast!
Top 3 eBay Sales
Item: Arc'Teryx Half Zip Fleece Pullover
Paid Price: $4.99
Sale Price: $57.16
Shipping: Buyer Paid
Notes: High end outdoor gear is one of the best things to flip. Arc'teryx gear is a step above North Face and this pricing is about what you can expect from a fleece pullover. I've found a couple button downs and t-shirts but no luck so far with a coat. If you do manage to find a coat, expect to give $200+ for it!
Item: Tory Burch Wide Leg Trouser Jeans
Paid Price: $2
Sale Price: $29.95
Shipping: Buyer Paid
Notes: When we were out of town visiting family we decided to take a trip to the local savers. Lucky for us it turned out to be "Two Dollar Tuesday!" when everything with a certain color tag is $2. On these days you find two kinds of things, total junk that people have passed over...and things that Savers way overpriced. These Tory Burch jeans fit into the latter catagory. They were priced at $24.99!! This is a killer deal if you're looking for them for yourself, but nobody going in to Savers, particularly re-sellers, is looking to pay that much for a pair of jeans. Not only that, but these were in the men's section. Overpriced and and mis-catagorized? A re-sellers dream! We paid $2 for these jeans (MSRP $180) and priced them to move! We bought a total of 7 pair of jeans which would have cost us $111 from Savers on any other day. Lucky for us, $14 was enough and we can price them to move and still make a great profit!
Item: Alfani Dean Men's Black Boots
Paid Price: $15
Sale Price: $34.95
Shipping: Buyer Paid
Notes: Did someone just blog about these or something? I had a black pair and brown pair that sat for several months and both sold in the past week. Maybe it's the season or just something in the air! Not a high profit but it's good to have them gone!
Daily Totals
Number of Sales: 4
Cash Flow In: $140.05
Amount Spent on Inventory Sold: $26.98
Total Returns: 0
Total Profit before shipping: $113.07
Total Spent on New Inventory:$0
Ebay Sales of 6.4-6.5
Some days are hot...
Sales really slowed down the last half of this week. We pushed things by putting them on sale, dropping some prices, and listing new things. We're not very patient sellers some times! haha
We did have a couple sales worth nothing though so here they are for your enlightenment and enjoyment!
Top 3 Sales
Item: Rockport Toloni Leather Ankle Boots - Men's Size 7.5
Paid Price: $4.99
Sale Price: $40
Shipping: Buyer Paid
Notes: These boots were perfect in every way...except that I had them in a completely unremarkable size. A size 7.5 can be found anywhere at anytime. Larger sizes always sell well but these sat around for a couple months before I accepted an offer on them.
*The buyer messaged me and asked if these fit true to size...well...as I wear a size 13 I couldn't very well put them on and tell him. So the best thing to do in this circumstance, is to find the product on Amazon! I read enough Amazon reviews to realize that these fit true to size and a little on the large size if anything. I passed this information onto the buyer and just today they let me know that they're perfect! Success!
Item: Vintage Distressed Leather Cole Haan Brogues (Size 13)
Paid Price: $2.99
Sale Price: $21.99
Shipping: FREE!
Notes: When I'm digging through t-shirts I only grab ones that can go for at least $20. I usually start shirts at 19.99 with free shipping unless they're Affliction shirts. Affliction shirts I always put on a BIN between $19.99 and $24.99 (depending on the size...bigger is higher).
Item: Vintage Distressed Leather Cole Haan Brogues (Size 13)
Paid Price: $4.99
Sale Price: $21.96
Shipping: Buyer Paid
Notes: There was nothing too remarkable about this suit...except that it looks amazing! Retro men's swim suits are always hot sellers and one like this with this tags still attached was probably priced low. It did sell in less than a week though so no complaints here.
Daily Totals
Number of Sales: 4
Cash Flow In: $114.74
Amount Spent on Inventory Sold: $32.97
Total Returns: 0
Total Profit before shipping: $81.77
Total Spent on New Inventory:$0
Ebay Sales of 6.3.2015
On the up and up!
We had some time to take some pictures, measurements, and crush some listings today! We listed around 25 items which seems to appease eBay's algorithms. I've noticed that the more active I am with listing/relisting items, the more items I sell. I'm not sure if it gives us a prioritization bump in eBay searches, more people follow items through to the store, or what...but it just seems to work!
Top 4 Sales
Item: Men's Johnston and Murphy "Melton" Cap Toed Shoes
Paid Price: $7.99
Sale Price: $52.76
Shipping: Buyer Paid
Notes: At $7.99 these shoes were a no brainer to pick up. Johnston & Murphy makes expensive shoes for both dress and casual wear. I have a pair of suede chukka boots that have been sitting forever but much to our elation these sold within a week!
Item: Women's Skechers Tone-Up Flip Flops
Paid Price: $2.99
Sale Price: $24.50
Shipping: Buyer Paid
Notes: We've sold a copule pair of these Tone-Up flip flops but these went for the highest price yet. They had everything going for them, trendy aztec pattern, a lazy way to get in shape, and no longer available in stores! Even being a size 6, these sold within 2 days.
Item: True Religion Brand Full Zip Jacket
Paid Price: $11.99
Sale Price: $61.56
Shipping: Buyer Paid
Notes: This jacket is a true survivor. It has continued to hang out in our storage unit through many sales, price reductions, and even a re-photographing. It seemed to be content to sit on eBay garnering watchers (It was up to 9 I think...) before selling for $61.56. True Religion clothing is *always worth picking up and *usually sells fast. Be very careful though as this is one of the most widely faked brands. Spend the time in the store to look up the signs of authentic True Religion jeans so you don't get taken as we have in the past.
Item: Vintage Distressed Leather Cole Haan Brogues (Size 13)
Paid Price: $4.99
Sale Price: $25.50
Shipping: Buyer Paid
Notes: This sweater had lots going for it. Good subject matter, a good name (Woolrich), good age, and good condition. Even though it was cotton instead of wool this sweater sold within a couple of weeks. Unusual or vintage Woolrich clothing usually sells well. The only genre of clothing from Woolrich that we've haven't had any luck with is new button downs. Be sure to research them well before buying and when in doubt, avoid them.
Daily Totals
Number of Sales: 7
Cash Flow In: $235.74
Amount Spent on Inventory Sold: $49.94
Total Returns: 0
Total Profit before shipping: $176.66
Total Spent on New Inventory:$0
Ebay Sales 6.2.2015
Two for One Sales!
By "Two for one sales..." I mean that yesterday was such a crappy sales day on eBay that I'm not going to grace it with its own post! We sold a solitary pair of shoes. But lucky for them, they get to be included today!
Item: Lululemon Racerback Tank-Top - Size 6
Paid Price: 4.20
Sale Price: $26.39
Shipping: Free!
Notes: Lululemon is a high end maker of workout clothes for women. People are always on the lookout for their clothing which makes them a quick easy sale! This would have sold for the $29.99 it was listed for but when it sold on sale we celebrated anyway!
Item: Burton Full Zip Fleece Jacket - Men's Size Large
Paid Price: $5
Sale Price: $25.96
Shipping: Buyer Paid
Notes: High end fleece always sells, and no does Burton! Not that Burton is high end, but put the two together and you've got a winner! This was a heavy fleece that sat for only a month or so. Be sure to pick up heavy fleece as people are always on the lookout for it. Columbia fleece jacket and pullovers on the other hand....have been sitting in our storage unit for months!
Item: Men's Nike Lunaracer - Size 12.5
Paid Price: $8.99
Sale Price: $34.99
Shipping: Buyer Paid
Notes: If I ever buy anything Nike to sell, it's shoes. While the majority of their clothing is slow to sell because it's in such plentiful supply, gently used men's shoes are always hot sellers. The bigger the better!
Item: 1949 Printing of Taffy's Foal
Paid Price: $.50
Sale Price: $19.95
Shipping: Buyer Paid
Notes: On one of our first thrifting trips my wife grabbed this on the way past the book section. Neither of us were born yesterday (1946 isn't yesterday) but we hadn't heard of Taffy's Foal before. As we had both sold books on Amazon we looked it up quick and decided that for the price of 50 cents we couldn't really go wrong. However...it's has sat since then. When first listed at a price of $29.95 it had a watcher within minutes and then sat with nothing for months. We discounted it and finally got it on it's way to a new home!
Daily Totals
Number of Sales: 6
Cash Flow In: $126.28
Amount Spent on Inventory Sold: $15.70
Total Returns: 0
Total Profit before shipping: $110.58
Total Spent on New Inventory:$0
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New York City subway performance has improved since the launch of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's (MTA) Subway Action Plan in 2017, agency officials announced today.
The subway logged its best on-time performance and the fewest number of delays in four years, they said in a press release.
For example, the subway system achieved on-time performance 76.7 percent of the time in January, compared with 58 percent in January 2018 — an improvement of 32 percent. Also last month, there were 42,348 weekday delays compared with 76,287 in January 2018.
Weekend on-time performance last month also improved year over year, with 83 percent on-time performance compared with almost 65 percent in January 2018. There were 10,751 less weekend delays in last month compared with January 2018.
Delay-inducing track fires caused by debris also are down as a result of an "aggressive" cleanup effort, agency officials said. Last month, there were 23 track debris fires compared with 42 fires in January 2018.
MTA officials also noted that the subway system is "dire financial position," with the operating budget deficit expected to reach $500 million as early as 2020 and growing to nearly $1 billion by 2022. MTA has no funding allocation for its next capital plan (2022-2024), they said.
As a result of the financial picture, MTA officials are calling for reoccurring revenue from the city and state, as well as additional revenue from congestion pricing.
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The exhibition "Common Objects: Soviet and Chinese Design 1950-1980's" is the first of its kindof retrospective showcase bringing together daily objects and graphics designed in the USSR and the PRC in the past century.
"Common Objects: Soviet and Chinese Design 1950-1980's" is a project organized by Moscow Design Museum and independent curators Peipei Han, Evgenia Novgorodova. The exhibitionwill be held from 25th of September till 3rd of October as one of the central events in the Design Hop of Dashilar historical area during Beijing Design Week 2013.
A shared dream of equality and prosperity was one of the motivators for an active exchangeof goods, which lead to a common social experience for Chinese and Soviet consumers. The primary function for design and branding of day-to-day Soviet and Chinese items in 1950-1980's was to satisfy basic human needs. At the same time, ordinary objects were obligated to represent higher ideals of sharing, versatility, and equal distribution of goods. The designers of this period had to create a new common aesthetic, guided by the design principles of functionality, sustainability, and durability, while keeping in mind that their design was intended for mass production. The Chinese and Soviet industrial and graphic design objects selected feature significant moments in the design histories of both countries. The exhibition is divided into different sections; each demonstrating variousaspects in the life of a Soviet and Chinese citizen, drawing on the similarities in material culture of the two nations.
The exhibition will feature objects from the collection of Moscow Design Museum and also unique items from private collections in China. Visitors will have the chance to immerse themselves in iconic Soviet and Chinese designs of the 20th century shown for the first time in a new cross-cultural context.
Peipei Han and Evgenia Novgorodova are independent curators based in Beijing and China working on international cultural projects bridging Europe, Russia and China.
The Moscow Design Museum is an international exhibition and education platform. It is the first of its kind, a unique extraordinary space where the general public is able to view the best examples of both international and Russian design. The Museum program consists of education projects, large exhibitions, overviews of the history of Russian and international design, as well as DDAWARDS – a specially created international award for contribution to the development of design.
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Sep 24 Tue 19:00
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When you learn to "Breathe Yoga" and adapt it to your lifestyle, not only do you become and stay healthy, but you will find yourself in a constant state of peaceful relaxation mixed with heightened alertness. Kind of like a ninja, always at peace and ready for any challenge.
Plus, it's been proven that only after a few minutes of breathing like this, your body actually goes into "self-healing" mode. In other words, these breathing techniques actually make you and your immune system stronger, helping you live longer and more resilient to health complications.
In this article we will discuss:
- How to breathe yoga: Yogic Breathing
- What happens in our body when we breathe this way (Scientific facts)
- Where to find the best training available to master these skills fast
Correct Your Breathing
First of, let's make sure we got the basics covered:
- Sit with the spine straight
- Place your left hand on your belly and the right hand on your chest
- Take a deep breathe in through the nostrils
- Which hand went up first?
If the right hand went up first, it means you're breathing from your chest. This is shallow breathing and isn't ideal. If you imagine someone breathing fast, hyperventilating and having a panic attack, for example, you will notice they are breathing from the chest. This can cause stress and anxiety.
If the Left hand went up first then congratulations, you're breathing properly. When you breathe from your belly, you're activating receptors meant to relax you and calm you down (more on this later) plus you will be able to fill up your whole lung capacity. This is the first step to breathe yoga.
So let's try this again.
How To Breathe Yoga – Yogic Breaths
- Sit with your spine straight
- Through your nostrils, take a very long and smooth breath in
- Make sure you're breathing through your belly first. After it fills up, let the chest fill up too
- Exhale through your mouth, very slow and smooth (make your lips as if blowing through a straw)
- Repeat a few times until you can fill up your whole lung capacity on each breath in. Make sure you're not moving your shoulders much.
- Make the exhales also very long, smooth and controlled
- Breathe like this forever, as much as you can for the rest of your life
***When breathing like this, you might notice yourself getting tired. If that's the case, it means you actually need some rest and probably haven't noticed. It might actually be a sign that your lifestyle could use some changes. If breathing like this makes you sleepy, keep going until you fall asleep. You need it.
What Happens In Our body When We Breathe Yoga
Always breathe in through the nose
Although is ok to breathe from the mouth every now and then (and there are techniques for this too), our nostrils are designed to regulate the temperature of the air and filter out tons and tons of impurities. Breathing through the mouth actually skips that step. Then, there's a second filter which is the windpipe. Once the air has been "cleaned up", it reaches the lungs.
Our nostrils also produce Nitric Oxide (NO) which is sent to our lungs on each inhale. NO is a key ingredient for solid blood circulation, muscle endurance and protection against virus, bacteria and anything that can cause an infection. NO deficiency, created by aging, smoking and poor diet can lead to low levels of energy and even can affect your sexual life (among other problems).
Some people actually take NO supplements to increase energy and build muscle, however once you learn that the simple act of inhaling through the nose generates free NO, it makes sense that taking in longer inhales will supply you with extra energy, strengthen your immune system and increase your over all well being and vitality.
No need for coffee, energy drinks nor artificial supplements. Simply eat lots of veggies, drink lots of water and do long inhales. Extra energy guaranteed.
Always breathe in through the belly first and THEN the chest
Figuring out how to properly breathe yoga will show you the beauty of filling up your full lung capacity. Most people only use like 20% of their lungs and this causes many issues that we somehow came to believe were normal.
Why it's important to AVOID chest, shallow breathing
If you're only breathing from your chest, you're constantly stimulating the Sympathetic Nervous System. That means you're constantly on a state of adrenaline and "survival" mode which makes it literally impossible to relax. This actually creates stress, anxiety etc.
When that happens, people tend to look for relief in drugs, pharmaceuticals, etc and oftentimes we get sick and depressed not even knowing why. Stress is actually considered one of the number one killers of our time since most health issues can be traced back to a stressful lifestyle. However, once we realize that shallow, chest breathing, is a source of constant stress, well it's actually quite an easy fix.
Belly Breathing – The Answer You Were Looking For
Stimulating the Sympathetic Nervous System, through chest breathing, isn't necessarily a bad thing. The problem is when we ONLY stimulate it. To balance things out, we have to ALSO stimulate the Parasympathetic Nervous System.
Well, the belly has a huge concentration of Parasympathetic receptors. This means that belly breathing will stimulate relaxation, digestion and rest. Too much of this might also not be ideal because then we would only sit down and do nothing all day.
Long exhales
Most of the oxygen O2 in the body is actually absorbed on the exhales. Doing long extended exhalations will make sure you're getting enough oxygen plus it's also stimulating the Parasympathetic system, relaxing you even further. This is why we purse our lips, like blowing through a straw. It makes it easier to extend the exhale.
Perfect Breathing
When you breathe in through the belly, you're staying relaxed. Once the belly is full, you can go ahead and fill up your chest. By filling up the belly and the chest you are using your full lung capacity. This allows you to fill up as much energy (NO) and (O2) as you can take on each inhale. Then, when you extend the exhalation, you're relaxing fully, while absorbing all the energy you just accumulated in the inhale.
Flow – Breathe in Beats
The balance between the Symphathetic System and the Parasympathetic System is where you find the sweet spot. This is where Rhythmic Breathing comes in. We call it Breathe in Beats.
When your inhale is as long as your exhale, meaning they're both the same length of time, you're purposely keeping an equilibrium between Boosting Energy and Full Relaxation. This is the optimum human state to be, the Ninja like peace and power.
Benefits of Yogic Breathing
Science says when you breathe yoga for only a few minutes, this will create a cascade of effects in the body that will last up to six hours. Doing long inhales, through the belly, filling up full lung capacity and then extending the exhales will give your body the signal that it can relax and take the time to heal.
As a result, this actually regulates your heart beat and puts you in a state of Heart Coherence. This coherence is when all the systems in our body are working in full beautiful harmony, so we can live our lives at the maximum of our physical and mental capacities. The more you live like this, the less stressed you'll be. You will literally live longer. Your body will also become more efficient at "burning fuel" so you will have much more energy. You will also experience a better sense of clarity and focus.
After some time, when you get used to these feelings, each inhale will give you an amazing euphoric feeling and each exhale will relax you tremendously.
The best training available in this field of knowledge
The idea of making a living "teaching people how to breathe properly" sounds funny, however SOMA Instructors are building careers doing exactly that.
Every Sunday, SOMA offers a free webinar where they make sure you're using these techniques properly so that you too can achieve your maximum potential, raise the quality of your live and move towards your dreams. All the while staying fully relaxed and fully alert. Register for the next free event here.
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Sung by Peggy Lee, mid to late 1940s. While this song made her famous she looks a little too pleased and happy with herself though I am positive that is the fault of the director of this sequence. This song absolutely needs a little less pep and a lot more cruelty to go over just right. The uncredited Amy Irving and the Who Framed Roger Rabbit crew nailed it with their cover sung by animated bad girl Jessica Rabbit.
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It always baffles me when I see a singer who doesn't appear to have listened to the song they are singing.
That's why i blame the director for the minor misfire. Peggy is probably giddy with her success over this song and the director didn't get her best.


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Name: Rasmus Warnke Nørregaard, his wife Maria and four children (Alberte, Viggo, Vega and Arthur)
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Size: 1614 square feet
Years lived in: 10 years, owned
This is the home of serious furniture collectors. Rasmus Warnke Nørregaard is the CEO and founder of Everclassic, an "online marketplace for beautiful Scandinavian vintage furniture, ceramics, art and other design objects." Their aim is to share access to the vintage designs found in local Scandinavian shops. Not only are furniture replicas not accepted at Everclassic, you won't see any in the home he shares with his wife Maria and their four children (Alberte, Viggo, Vega and Arthur).
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I just went to correct my drawing and found I had already corrected checked the diagram posted here and that was correct too !
Damn I hate getting old !!
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11-13-2019, 09:14 AM #24And, only because you mentioned it, your diode-bridge part in the schematic is not correct. Not that it actually matters....
A note about what most/all have missed regarding the motor voltages:-
An inductive load running on DC responds to the average of the voltage, not the RMS value. If the mains were a square wave, the average would equal the RMS value, it ain't so it doesn't. The average value as seen by the motor will be the RMS value (before the rectifier) divided by the form factor, which is 1.11 in the case of a fully rectified sine wave.
This means that the AC voltage needed to supply 190VDC to the motor is 211V.
All "nominal" numbers, of course. Most of the time we are running a tad above to quite a bit below in variable speed use.
"And then.." aside from the expected SCR swiching spikes right at the sharp edges, we may get an "AC component" with a good deal more "energy under the curve".
- One-Quadrant, contactor-reversed, Beel/BICL D-510 I had on the bench, over 130 VAC AC component into the test load - a Reliance "small frame" 3 HP motor for a 10EE WiaD era. That drive had exactly two controlled rectifier elements in its 4-element bridge, the other two legs free-running, and but one trigger inductor.
- Four Quadrant Parker-SSD DC Drive, 52 VAC AC component into the same load, eight trigger inductors, SCR matrix according for bi-directional running, over-run, and regenerative braking control.
FWIW-not-much under 6 V ripple after the 20 MH ripple-filter was added.
CAVEAT: Free-running motor, not even a gearbox, so "no load" figures. Fluke & Rigol doing the measuring.
Small motor as this one here, one of the "nicer" DC Drives for uber-quiet-operation would be a PWM one with a fat filter capacitor and a decent inductor, added.
One would only even bother chasing reduced noise because Hardinge lathes themselves are among the most nearly silent running, anywhere, ever. Even a 10EE in direct belt is noisier.
And, of course, we KNOW "quiet" matters so we can "sneak up" on a final fit, yah?
"Which is kinda strange, because the motor and DC Drive makers specify 230 VAC in for 180 VDC out or 120 VAC in for 90 VDC out."
Hardinge made all kinds of feed motor electrics. Some of the early one did have selenium rectifiers which would I believe had eaten
up some of the voltage.
Because I haven't seen any photos here there's no way to tell if this feed motor setup is original or has been fiddled with over the years.
Heck the S/N 330 HLVH that we have here at work is old enough that it has the selenium rectifiers for both armature and field, and a
variac which is coupled to a large power pot. I seem to recall the variac provides the armature voltage and power pot is used to modify
the field current - weakening it I guess - at the lower end of the speed range.
I personally know of at least two vintages of electronic speed control that they used.
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the electroplating industry still uses Seleniums.
Somebody "may" still make the older-yet Copper-Oxide stacks as look similar but were nearly always black and smaller.
All the classical recitfiier materials all still "work". They have different characteristics as can be put to advantage - or usta bee - was all.
Meanwhile, we have learned to "contaminate" ignorant Silicon creatively enough - that "dirty beach sand" thing -to cover most of those needs more cheaply and - usually, at least, in less physical space and with better longevity.
One more go... (as I'm the son of a electrical traction engineer and 'motor' was the first word I could spell)
Plate rating says : 115vdc (A) 190vdc (F) will give 1750rpm at 1/15hp out all day long (at some temperature that seemed ok)
put a few more volts in and it will go faster , load it harder and it will put out a bit more power as it draws more amps and get a bit hotter - all day long .
The plate rating is not the maximum or minimum. It is simply the spec for which the manufacturer/designer was aiming or that the marketing dept. felt they needed.
11-14-2019, 04:34 AM #30meanwhile, we have learned to "contaminate" ignorant silicon creatively enough - that "dirty beach sand" thing -to cover most of those needs more cheaply and - usually, at least, in less physical space and with better longevity.
Hi to all,
thanks for the info, it's been quite some time since I last had anything to do with motors (this is no excuse though, I should know some of these stuff...).
Here are some pics from my setup, were not intended for here but you'll figure it out:
Diodes have been replaced (if there were selenium to begin with) and, also, the Variac has been replaced (I think) (and also repaired by me...). It follows the schematic by Bill, that is, no rheostat for the field coupled to the Variac. I guess this is how the KL1s where sent out.
Sorry for not being able to report any progress, I was busy cutting some DIN477 threads on my working lathe....oh how I would love the Hardinge for that internal thread with the shoulder....
But since we got all technical, please clarify these two points:
- Why is that 10K resistor in the middle of the armature diode bridge there? What's its purpose?
- Why did some (all (?) the american) models have that rheostat on the field? Why did they need to reduce the field's voltage at the turn of the knob? Was it to help increase RPM?
Many thanks for all
The 10k just ensures there is no crazy high fly back voltage stored on the switch contacts & wiring when the motor is switched off (trapped between the diodes and open contacts) that might cause premature failure of the switch.
The resister and cap across the wiper of the variac is a filter / arc suppressor.
I have an early US HLV-H diagram (1961?), showing a 90vdc motor (variac coupled 'rheostat' to field) with 0-90vdc armature (with an inline reactor/inductor) and 50ohm brake resister.
And another, UK diagram (HLV ? ) , from MTC control gear ltd , Leigh on sea , Essex, showing a Hi/Lo speed switched taps on the variac for the field . Probably using a US made feed motor.
a fixed field current is just like a permanent magnet, except for the power consumption. My guess is they want to reduce power at lower speeds , they also fitted early ones with hi;low speed switches , suggesting power was a problem. Switching to a higher voltage may actually have helped by reducing the current making the variac smaller etc.
You can control the speed of the motor, either by limiting the power, or limiting the voltage. I suspect the early designs limited the power , whereas the latter one is clearly voltage controlled.
Umm. The high speed tapping feeds half the normal voltage to the field windings. One will get more available torque from the motor on the full voltage/low speed setting.
These are, after all, inherently "analog" devices generally rather imperfectly linear,
All a dataplate represents is a "snapshot" chosen to convey the motor's characteristics at a CONVENIENT and common source of parameters.
Chosen a-purpose off lots of records as to what metal where, in what shape, how many turns, of what wire, etc. it takes to hit a design goal, of course.
Not by simply rolling dice and seeing what comes out of an egg.
Phases, AC.DC, or both, Volts & Hz, where appropriate, mostly, Amps, and HP following inherently,
Torque spec'ed only if the field of application requires it because it is locked-in mathematically to RPM & HP / KW in all cases, anyway.
I say again: A dataplate is but a "snapshot" relating any of many possible combinations.
Done at the conveniece-point where the motor delivers the goods it was meant to deliver.
They are not meant ot deliver mystery or possible surprises the end-luser has to test for on his own resources as if selecting Avocados in a bin.
As some among us DO test, out of stubborn curiosity.
Ex: Why is the original 3 HP large frame Reliance motor of a 10EE such a
magical performer?
Well.. to begin with... it isn't really a 3 HP motor.
It's a de-rated FIVE HP motor happy as a clam to be run at as much as 4.3 HP for 80 years and counting.
"BFBI" approach? "Sandbagging" the opposition? "G-Damned HOT RODDERS?"
Who really cares NOW?
It worked a treat, has lasted a long time, seems good for another hundred years, either way.
Hardinge probably used "more motor" than they needed to as well. Fools they were never.
It was meant to "JFDI", solve several problems, create no new ones so customers could separate chips from money, get PAID, do it again faster and better, buy NEW Hardinge lathes to keep-on doing the same, one year after a decade and for scores of years.
Most of its prior life, it probably did exactly that. Delivered the goods.
Still, yet, today? "To Be Determined".
Even the legendary Brothers Bodine once had to run print advertising:
"Bodine Motors do TOO wear out! They just take longer."
Hi guys,
well, I found some time to check the diode board today. Of course is measures perfectly....
Only the filter capacitor measures at 160 nF instead of the nominal 100 nF, but I was just using a DMM for that measurement....(and, if that cap was shorted, I would have issues even when the armature was disconnected, since it's connected before the rectifier. But I had no issues when I disconnected the armature).
So, I'll change all the components as a good measure, I don't have anything else to try at this point anyhow....
guys help....
So, latest report, not much in terms of progress, hope someone can help:
I went on and rebuilt the diode board, replaced everything apart from the 220Ohm/10kOhm resistors (didn't find them in that store).
Anyhow, I installed the diode board, started the system, still the same: transformer buzz and smoke from the variac and fuse blown after around 50% of the dial travel. (note that it's not the fuse that's in series with C/CA that gets burnt, it's the other one that feeds the 230ACV to the power feed driver.
- dial at around 25%, variac output 45VAC. With the left-right switch in the off position, all is well. If I turn the switch to left or right, I am getting around 38VDC to the armature (A1-A2), variac starts buzzing a bit and gets HOT. The problem is that if I connect an Ameter in series with the armature, I am only getting 80 mA!
- Then replaced the Variac with another one I have. At around 30-40% I am getting around 60 VDC on th armature. The variac again got very hot, I mean very hot to the touch and my hands are very tolerant to the heat...Strange thing is that the motor again only drew around 90 mA....
- Next, hunting ghosts, I thought I'd dish the diode board (w.r.t. the armature). I connected the output of the variac to a diode bridge I had lying around. Again, same things more or less: 45 VDC at the output of the diode bridge, 90 mA into the armature, but the Variac getting smoking hot. It's the part from the 0% up to the slider that gets hot, rest of the coil is ok.
Adding to all this the observation from last week: motor (both armature and field) fed by a totally different variac through a diode bridge went full speed at more that 230 V drawing only 300 mA!
I guess the current that the motor draws is indicative of its health, and this one seems ok. Apparently it's the variac to blame (since it's also the fuse at the input of the variac that gets blown). What troubles me though is that without load (armature) the variac behaves, and that, my second one shows the same issues as well....But, it's not impossible that both lathes had blown variacs....
Any ideas? On what's going or or what I should check next?
Thanks for listening...
Variac no load is ok ? Where are you measuring volts? At variac? Or motor lead? Switch on or off?
check you haven't got a shorted loop around variac , i.e no wires that wrap around the torus. No bolts or or mounting hardware that could loop via chassis.
Have you got a spare goat? (Useful sacrifice when fixing stubborn problem or replacing belts)