Good points all around. What's so sad is that if it is in VT mode, then the speed control should be AWESOME. Well, mine drops from 800 to 500 rpm all the time, and takes 3-4 seconds to recover. That is CRAP performance. I think the spindle controller board is a home brew piece of crap not worthy of the mechanical ability of the rest of the machine. It seems much of the rest of the electronics are of the same quality...
I actually would prefer to have an MPG that KEPT it's position in MACH rather than the manual mode we have on the Mikini... I just hate to have that area on the machine where the display and torque meter, etc. are on the face of the Mikini that would display nothing! Then again, I could mount an MPG there, and a few buttons, etc. making it look like it is "supposed" to be there... Or open it up some and put a monitor in there? Or a small keyboard? Touchpad, holes for tools, ...
Hmmm...
BTW, while you are in there, why not swap out the stepper drivers to the new Tormach style too. I doubt the Mikini drivers are anything to write home about. I asked Phil for manuals for them so I could play with different microstepping settings, etc., but he wouldn't share : ( He was concerned I would mess something up. Guess he thinks he's the only one allowed to do that?
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