So you want a Chinese Spindle !!!!
Thanks, that helps a lot. I have some agus shielded cable that 18ga but the lugs are so small I can't get the wire to go inside.Is there a better way of attaching the wire to the small lugs. I used 20 ga and stripped back some strands of wire. Other than wire size this wire is not shielded. I can drill and tap my mounting bracket for the ground wire.
Thanks again
Don
So you want a Chinese Spindle !!!!
No, my wire only has 4 wires 20ga 600v. I know I need to do something else but the connector they sent me is really only big enough to solder 22ga wire in. It looks like you have a bigger connector on yours and one like mine setting next to it in picture 6. Is this something you purchased from a different vendor. Is there a solder terminal that you could put over the existing one and solder the wires inside it?
I also wanted to ask how I can get my VFD to run off a switch (remote). I tried changing PD001 to 1 and PD002 to 1 and jumping to fwd but it doesn't run. I would really appreciate any help. My VFD is the one sold on ebay by the guys in china or Kelinginc.com.
I like the pictures of the spindle taken apart
Thanks
Donald Clifton
So you want a Chinese Spindle !!!!
I'm using Mach 3 and also a pmdx 126 which has a place for a spindle control. Right now I just want to start/stop with a m3/m5 command. If you get a chance to talk to your friend ask him about the setup to turn the spindle on/off remotely.
I took a amp reading on the VFD input/output and I got a max of 6 amp cutting pine with a 1/2 bit 3/4 depth @ 100ipm, not to bad. I did a 3D cut with a 1/8 ball bit and only got .76 amps out. If the 400hz doesn't matter than my wire size might be alright. My HSD 4HP spindle only draws around 1 1/2 amp on the input side. I don't know how much the 400hz come in play with the amp/wire size. I have worked on 400hz jet packs at the airport but really never payed that much attention to the amps out.
Thanks a lot for your help
Don Clifton
So you want a Chinese Spindle !!!!
I figured out what I was doing wrong. I was setting both remote start/stop and remote freq.
Thanks
Don Clifton
So you want a Chinese Spindle !!!!
don't want to keep bugging you but! when you remove the electrical connector from the top of the spindle are you in the water jacket? I found a nice piece of Igus shielded cable and I soldered it to the terminals but just to the sides which I don't like and was wondering if I could replace the whole connector with a larger one or just mount a small electrical box maybe 1" x 1". Just don't like the connector.
Thanks
Donald Clifton
So you want a Chinese Spindle !!!!
I have had a lot of issues with noise coming from the VFD. Steve at PMDX helped me out a lot but can't seem to cure the problem using my SS. Homing just doesn't work with the spindle on and Warp9 doesn't answer email request, who would have thought! Everything works fine if I use the PP. My question is, on the chinese VFD the manual states that E (9) is ground but terminal (1) also has a earth ground which one do you use. I am using a shielded cable for spindle power grounded only on the VFD side.
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Don Clifton