vfd retrofit

Ever since I got the oil leaks fixed on my Colchester Chipmaster/Harrison 10AA and have started using it, I have daydreamed about how nice it would be to have the OEM FWD/REV/Stop buttons work as inputs to the VFD. For the last few years up through when it finally got fixed early this year, it...

I have two machine restorations going on that I'm unsure what route to take so I guess I'm trying to lean on the community for input, but unfortunately I think the questions have a little bit of the chicken and the egg quandary inherently built in, but what route should one take when breathing...

I finally got around to doing the retrofit on my Shenwai SW900B 1236 lathe it came with a 1.5 hp(ish) 115v/220v single phase motor, as the OEM powerplant. i had to change that :grin: i surfed the site that sounds a lot like E-PAY, and found an inverter rated 2 hp motor by Marathon, very...

I'm finally in the Monarch Club, solely due to the good graces from a fellow member TAWP TOOL. he offered me the lathe with goodies involved and even supplied the muscle to comealong the beast onto the trailer! one heck of a good man in my book! from the bottom of my heart,thank you!!! May i...