On Sunday 08 July 2018 23:36:05 Ralph Stirling wrote: > Anybody ever checked out this type of motor for > CNC use? Seems like a pretty good deal for 400W > with a drive, at least for a small spindle motor. I'm > wondering how easily the drive could be hacked for > LCNC position control. There are a lot of different > motors and power ratings on ebay in this category. > > https://ebay.com/itm/253624140119 > I don't see why not, Ralph. Interfaceing to do the controlling would probably be a bit of a headache. And sourceing the schematic for that controller might be a problem. Bear in mind they seemed to be designed for a 220 volt power source and that many if not all of those controllers would require totally isolated control circuitry because the control input is on the hot side of the line. The mesa SpinX1 could probably do it if the how can be deduced.
Getting a position encoder output back from it is a mechanical problem but thats been worked around quite a few times so thats pretty much up to the user to solve. I've even made it work from an encoder on the motor as the gearshift is just some hal file work. Works well for rigid tapping in either head gear. I've been considering for years, a rework of the spindle on my micro-mill as its only a 200 watt rig, but I still have the brushed 400 watt'er I took out of the 7x12 so I have no present need for a bigger motor. > -- Ralph > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >-------- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's > most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
