looks like it is in good shape is all. much better than the one i have. i got mine for $250 and it worked as is so i did not waste to much time on it since i was making money with it right away. i did not have the time to do a lot with it. tossed a quick coat of paint on it and added a DRO and that was then end of it, that was 15 years ago or better.
i would like to go over it and make it look nice i just don't have the time since i have other projects i'm working on at the moment. full time job limits me to weekends for home projects so things move slow at home
when your not making money with machines building them is slow picking up a little bit here and there in the parts needed department. everything adds up fast even with the big stuff being out of the way. nickel dime stuff gets expensive once you start adding it all up
curious to see how this motor does this is my first time going the VFD route. seems like this method has some decent torque with a better motor over a decent range of speed. some of these motors can get expensive fast but this one was reasonable since they were phasing it out. i saved a few hundred dollars, something similar cost around $600.
the ones with a better constant torque rating were out of my price range but 10:1 is not bad for this one. i have a DURA PULSE GS21-23P0 VFD to run it with. so the expensive bits are bought at least. i just need to decide on an encoder type but need to look into them some more. electronics are not my strong point