A few questions were asked of me about my Chinese spindle, I purchased from Love happy shopping on ebay. Thought I would start another general thread.
Mine is water cooled, I use coolant suitable for metal and aluminum in the lines. I have a small off board radiator, pump and fans, it runs very cool.
Shipping was via EMS then through Canada Post, trackable. Took about a week from China.
It is VERY quiet compared to a router. I was cutting some MDF at 15000RPM with a 3/16 bit at 0.1 DOC. It was not loud at all, I could talk over it. With a router I would have to wear headgear. With this, I might wear head gear if doing really deep cuts.
The english manual posted on one of the other threads (there are two copies) is more than adequate to set up the VFD.
I am very impressed with this spindle. The total cost of ownership includes:
- pump, radiator and lines
- set of R20 collets
- some cabling
- 220V wiring, plus relay for EPO
Here are my parameters:
NOTE: you must set PD005 max frequency before trying to set PD003 or PD011.
PD001 Source of run commands 0 Use front panel
PD002 Source of freq control 0 Use front panel
PD003 Main Frequency 400Hz
PD004 Base frequency 400Hz Set to freq rating of motor
PD005 Max operating frequency 400Hz
PD006 Intermediate Frequency 3 For a 60Hz line?!?!
PD008 Max Voltage 220V
PD009 Intermediate Voltage 15V
PD010 Min voltage 8V
PD011 Frequency Lower Limit 120Hz
PD013 Reset parameters 0 don’t reset
PD023 Reverse Rotation 0 Do not allow reverse
PD142 Rated Motor Current 7A
PD143 Motor Pole Number 2 Number of poles on the motor
PD144 Motor Revolution 3000 Multiply PD144 (rated motor rev) by PD010 (min voltage) and get the max spindle