DSW Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 Credit for this goes to Thumper68 over on weldingweb who posted this up. I thought it was an excellent idea for someone designing a shop and who uses pedestal mounted tools. He's using a vise, but my 1st thought was this would be perfect for a pedestal mounted 2" belt grinder or buffer. I was thinking that with a bit of planning it would be possible to put boxes in the floor before the pour, sort of like Frosty's Gozintas rather than simple conduit. That would give you multiple possibilities later if need be. You could later pull additional wires and set up new pedestal locations if the boxes were linked with conduit in runs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John McPherson Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 Brilliant! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted October 23, 2015 Share Posted October 23, 2015 That's gotta be one of the nicest pedestals I've seen, it even has plugintas. I'm afraid I about topped out pre-planning shop layout with the 4' grid gozinta system.Makes me wonder about running extension cords through my sub-floor exhaust system. It'd be easy enough to fish a cord through but I have to wonder if it's more likely to damage the cords.Nice power pedestal, very nicely done.Frosty The Lucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted October 23, 2015 Share Posted October 23, 2015 Wouldnt that qualify as "conduit"? Single stran insted of extensian cord. Maybe romex? Better shut up now before Steve beats me with a code book... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted October 23, 2015 Share Posted October 23, 2015 It'd be pretty hard pulling Romex, it's pretty stiff to make some of the corners. Running a cord through the downdraft exhaust was just one of my many random thoughts. I'll probably go with the overhead recoil electric when I start messing with it again.Real wiring would be sweet though. <sigh>Frosty The Lucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSW Posted October 23, 2015 Author Share Posted October 23, 2015 Hmmm, if pulling Romex would be hard, that leaves out BX/MC that would have been my one suggestion. That or liquidtite flex conduit. I'm not sure if your ducting could be considered a "chase". If so you might simply be able to get away with regular THHN stranded, if you could manage to pull it without chafing the insulation. SO cord would be as flexible as an extension cord without that heavy plug on the end that might hang up when pulling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted October 23, 2015 Share Posted October 23, 2015 We went with overhead drops in Dad's shop. Tho hw vetoed twist lock pugs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammerfall Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Great idea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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