One more: I'm poking around for a VFD, but am not really sure what I should be looking for feature wise.
Eventually the VFD will be controlled by mach3, right now being able to control it through the keypad extension (which ive seen on a few) would be ideal. at the same time i'm running ~1hp, I may increase this, poking around I'm finding /serious/ deals on ebay, but figure there's a reason that these particular VFD's are so much cheaper.
Alternatively, ive googled around for just replacing the motor with a brushless DC motor, which seems perfectly doable and kills both birds with one stone since I'd get an oversized high power motor/and control in one go, but it doesn't seem many (any?) one has taken the leap on a mill this large.
Eventually the VFD will be controlled by mach3, right now being able to control it through the keypad extension (which ive seen on a few) would be ideal. at the same time i'm running ~1hp, I may increase this, poking around I'm finding /serious/ deals on ebay, but figure there's a reason that these particular VFD's are so much cheaper.
Alternatively, ive googled around for just replacing the motor with a brushless DC motor, which seems perfectly doable and kills both birds with one stone since I'd get an oversized high power motor/and control in one go, but it doesn't seem many (any?) one has taken the leap on a mill this large.
