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13A plug for a 1.5-2HP induction motor is pretty borderline - component age might have affected the motor load to a point where it's tipped it over the edge. If you bought second hand the previous owner may have switched the plug. Does it take a second or two to trip, or is it immediate?

Another for Wealdon. Bought some fantastic spiral downcut bits from them recently. As opposed to the rubbish I bought on Amazon which too a few weeks to arrive and went straight into the bin after first use. Just buy what you need when you need it...

They even had a machine to press the glue joints together!! Poor guy didn’t even get hit own mallet 😢 I’m really not sure how much “skill“ is going on. It’s one thing being highly skilled at doing one thing, and another being very skilled at pushing a piece of laminated timber into an automated...

The motor frame number should give you all you need. Frame sizes are standards, so a 1ph of the same frame size of your 3ph should fit perfectly from a shaft, mount, etc perspective as far as I understand. Only thing to watch out for is that single phase overall diameters are generally bigger...

I can second the Bahco combination square. It’s the most accurate (and cheapest!) I have. My Axminster precision 300mm Square is so far out of square it’s been consigned to the scrap heap.