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I picked up a 1962 Bridgeport last week and I want to power it with a VFD. At work we have belt sanders that use a Genesis VFD to run a 3 phase motor. These things get turned on and off well over 100 times per day, and for the last 5 years I've been there they work perfectly.
Ideally I'd like a rotary on-off-reverse switch like the one that's already on the mill, the potentiometer, and a jog switch remotely mounted with the VFD mounted on the all behind the mill.
I talked to Carl at Electric Motor Wholesale and he recommended this unit. But he doesn't recommend using remote controls unless you really know what your doing to connect the unit properly. And that's the problem, I know nothing about electronics. I can build you any helicopter part you need, just not read and understand an electrical diagram.
He recommends mounting the unit on the side of the mill, but this isn't a small unit. And I don't really like drilling holes in my 52 year old housing to mount it. And I guess I'm old school, I would like the traditional style on, off, reverse switch.
I guess what I'm asking is there a plug and play setup with what I need available somewhere? I'm pretty much on overload reading about VFD's and the more I read the more confused I get.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
http://www.electricmotorwholesale.com/9520-KBAC-27D/
Here is my thread about buying and cleaning my mill up.
http://www.hobby-machinist.com/showthread.php?t=24097&p=213609#post213609
Ideally I'd like a rotary on-off-reverse switch like the one that's already on the mill, the potentiometer, and a jog switch remotely mounted with the VFD mounted on the all behind the mill.
I talked to Carl at Electric Motor Wholesale and he recommended this unit. But he doesn't recommend using remote controls unless you really know what your doing to connect the unit properly. And that's the problem, I know nothing about electronics. I can build you any helicopter part you need, just not read and understand an electrical diagram.
He recommends mounting the unit on the side of the mill, but this isn't a small unit. And I don't really like drilling holes in my 52 year old housing to mount it. And I guess I'm old school, I would like the traditional style on, off, reverse switch.
I guess what I'm asking is there a plug and play setup with what I need available somewhere? I'm pretty much on overload reading about VFD's and the more I read the more confused I get.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
http://www.electricmotorwholesale.com/9520-KBAC-27D/
Here is my thread about buying and cleaning my mill up.
http://www.hobby-machinist.com/showthread.php?t=24097&p=213609#post213609