Plans for next race season (Woodworking).

[jbrowning]

So I have been pondering on how I could be at the race track more on the weekends and selling the stuff I make. I came up with this brilliant (to me) plan. I will be buying a used enclosed cargo trailer 14' to 20' long. This will serve two purposes: 1) my sister and I will have a enclosed trailer to travel to the craft shows we do in the fall and winter, 2) this will give me a way of transporting (you guessed it) a scroll saw or two to the race tracks this season. I have a 4000 Watt generator that I can power up on. I will be able to take one or two of my saws, possibly my bench-top drill press among other equipment I might find I need. I will sit up a 10x10 (for now) white canopy between the rear of the trailer and the rear of my truck and I can anchor down each leg to the truck or the trailer. I will also bring along some of my stuff I have been working on and display them to see if there is any interest. I will also make and take more things that are motorcycle racing related. One of the things I want to do is start doing portraits. I think those types of things of the racers in a racing situation would go over really well at the track. These would be pictures I have already taken from the past years. I will some already printed out on 8.5x11 or 8.5x14 paper and have the same sized plywood with me already cut to that dimension. So I can slap the pattern on the plywood and cut it out for them. This would take a while and I would tell them if I could get it done on that weekend or not.  If I have time I can bring along jigsaw puzzles and other craftshow pieces along and work on them at the race track. I will still be able to hear the races, smell the race fuel, do my woodworking and visit with the folks in the pits all at the same time. Sounds like it is a win win win win situation. I have already talked to Wolfgang and he told me the motor on the Hegner Multimax 18V is rated right around 100 watts. The motor on the Hawk 226VS Ultra is right around 200 watts. So I should have plenty of power with the generator to supply power to those two along with anything else I decide to take.

Thanks for listening to me ramble on.

Jim

 

[bobscroll]

I hope it all works out for you Jim, When it's all sorted you could maybe take some photo's to show us all?

You seem to have it all worked out Jim, Good luck!

Bob 

[RabidAlien]

Sounds awesome! 

[amazingkevin]

Well a 100 watt light bulb doesn't need but mynute watts. Your generator is much too powerful.Get a cheap $150. one from harbor freight 800 to a thousand watt with not much noise or gas consumpion. And they are 4 cycle too.Sounds like a trailer of my dreams for shows i don't go too.

[jbrowning]

But Kevin, I already have this generator. So I don't see a reason to buy a smaller one.

[Jim McDonald]

Just make sure to ground that generator.  You don't want any wild fields enter the circuit.

[kmmcrafts]

I've seen someone post about using a marine style battery and an inverter to power their saw with at shows that didn't have power hook up... Be a lot quieter than running the generator.. cost wise might be better too? Get a cheap Harbor Freight solar battery charger and maybe run on free power.. LOL If not.. bring the Gen. to charge the battery if needed.. Though I thought the person that posted this said they could get by all weekend on a charge? Maybe.... 

[Woodmaster1]

On 9/4/2018 at 7:53 AM, kmmcrafts said:

I've seen someone post about using a marine style battery and an inverter to power their saw with at shows that didn't have power hook up... Be a lot quieter than running the generator.. cost wise might be better too? Get a cheap Harbor Freight solar battery charger and maybe run on free power.. LOL If not.. bring the Gen. to charge the battery if needed.. Though I thought the person that posted this said they could get by all weekend on a charge? Maybe.... 

Hans Mier from Qwinnett woodworking club videos uses the marine battery and inverter at shows. He states that he goes all day on a charge.

[JimErn]

Marine or RV battery will work, the key is to get what is called a deep cycle battery with the maximum cold cranking amps you can afford.

A friend who does does shows with an enclosed trailer has the battery mounted in the trailer nose, then he changed out his truck alternator for a heavy duty one, and when he drives the truck charges the trailer battery.  (trailer battery is in parallel with the truck battery in his set up.)  Any good trailer shop should be able to fix you up.

Inverters have been used by OTR truckers for years to power refrigerators, tv's cd players, etc. and sell on amazon/ebay by wattage.  I have one mounted on a walmart portable 120v air compressor, and just connect to the vehicle battery with jumper cables for emergencies.