This is the lathe build so far. I pushed the VFD close to the spindle to get it in the picture, it is not close and no wires are near getting caught.
I bought a pneumatically controlled lathe from Craigslist and stripped all the things off that I didn't want. I wanted the motor, spindle and base only. I am going to mount an X-Z table to the base. I was initially going to look for a headstock from lathe parts and use a treadmill motor but this spindle setup is massive and very strong compared to that.
Right now I am just getting the subunits all together for function, an enclosed cabinet will be made to hold everything in. And all wires will be in their own metal shielding, flexible conduit for safety and noise insulation.
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Changing the jumper did not work to give speed control with the pot in front. It was working for speed control initially before I changed the parameters.
Looks like motor voltage it 208-230. It is set to 230 now, is that right?
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