JimH2 said:I have made my own 8” adaptor cords for my 110v UK tools. No issues whatsoever. I know I could cut the plug end off and replace but my adapter cord does the trick. You can find the female UK plugs on eBay that connect to their power tools. They are yellows and watertight.
I just bought the LO 55 but have not had time to make an adapter. Maybe later this week.
Above I have posted a link to a complete 12V/car battery to 230V @1300W (2600W peak) sine-wave inverter unit for $50.JimH2 said:Here is someone selling the solution as a package of components on eBay. Limited to 200 watts so it will not work, but still an interesting find.
mino said:The easiest for clean 230V power source is to do DC-to-AC conversion.
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From the quick & dirty folks:https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005007707286488.html
You are much better off building a small "solar system" without the solar part instead of the PowerStation for shop/home energy backup need. Thanks to the solar boom these things are now a commodity and the prices are very reasonable.JimH2 said:I have Dewalt SCMS that works on (2) batteries or a module that covers both battery mounting blocks and plugs in. Is the AC being converted to DC to run the saw when being plugged in? The AC module is about the size of two battery packs.
I did come up with a slightly different approach although very expensive:
Festool PowerStation
Looking at the manual for it there is no reason it would not work. Power input is 120V/240V at 50Hz/60Hz and output is 230V @ 50Hz. At €3000 it is not practical.
woodbutcherbower said:I think it's a real shame when someone takes time out of his day to post something light-hearted to try and bring a smile to everyone's day - only for that post to be totally blanked with 100% radio silence. Sadly, it's a consistent and seemingly-standard occurrence on here - us Brits call it being 'po-faced'. Maybe it's down to the culture. Maybe it's true that US citizens have no concept of the Brit sense of irony. Maybe you thought that the horrible 'my best work' routing job in my joke post above was actually real? Take a look at my professional work in 'Member Projects'. I've worked wood for a living now for 38 years.
What a miserable, self-obsessed, dour and humourless place the FOG has become. We're hacking lumps of timber about using fancy tools. We're not fixing global warming, saving the planet's starving millions, curing cancer, stopping wars, or reversing a century of toxic pollution.
Lighten up, stop taking yourselves so seriously - and smile once in awhile. You'll feel so much better when you do.
woodbutcherbower said:I think it's a real shame when someone takes time out of his day to post something light-hearted to try and bring a smile to everyone's day - only for that post to be totally blanked with 100% radio silence. Sadly, it's a consistent and seemingly-standard occurrence on here - us Brits call it being 'po-faced'. Maybe it's down to the culture. Maybe it's true that US citizens have no concept of the Brit sense of irony. Maybe you thought that the horrible 'my best work' routing job in my joke post above was actually real? Take a look at my professional work in 'Member Projects'. I've worked wood for a living now for 38 years.
What a miserable, self-obsessed, dour and humourless place the FOG has become. We're hacking lumps of timber about using fancy tools. We're not fixing global warming, saving the planet's starving millions, curing cancer, stopping wars, or reversing a century of toxic pollution.
Lighten up, stop taking yourselves so seriously - and smile once in awhile. You'll feel so much better when you do.
RoboDoc said:I don't think us US citizens have a problem with irony. Just look at our political decisions of late...
Fourmi said:[member=75780]woodbutcherbower[/member] ...it's the Canadians that don't get irony I think, or certainly this one :