Magnetic Emergency Saves Problem

[CrookedWoodTex (Tex)]

Come on, Guy, get you a UPS. If I was cutting the same 4 pushsticks, I would have just powered through the last one without stopping. The rest of the workshop would be dark, but my machine wouldn’t even know it. Has happened to me several times.

(That was a really bad storm, but we are far enough south of your area to have only registered an inch of rain. )

Communication problems

There are always posts about problems with losing communication with the controller. Usually, the plan of action is to start shielding wires and grounding dust collection. That most likely is the main solution to the problem. However, my experience tells me to solve some larger problems (like static, etc.) by doing one basic thing from the start … regulate power to the system. I’ve done that in most of my career by never installing electronic gear without also installing an Uninterruptible Pow…