[Ron2d]

I am considering incorporating a belt drive setup for my G0704. What would you recommend for a motor to upgrade the stock one?

[charliex]

pretty happy with my 1.5HP blackmax + automation direct VFD.

[Kenny Duval]

AC motors and VFD's seem to be popular. I'm running the 1.1KW BLDC set up on mine and have no complaints so far.

[Ron2d]

Thanks for your input. Model numbers and sources for your recommended motor upgrades would be appreciated.

[Kenny Duval]

This is what I am running. I'm still running the stock gearing so I am limited to about 3800 rpm. Others have reported mixed results with their use of this setup but I have had no issues.

http://www.automationtechnologiesinc...tor-and-driver

The newer G0704's have the correct size motor gear to make this almost a direct bolt on. I did make a simple motor adapter on mine so that I could use the stock top plate on the mill. My adapter bolts to the stock motor mount holes and then the BLDC motor mounts to the adapter.

[charliex]

my crap is all listed here
https://hackaday.io/project/1882/logs
http://www.cnczone.com/forums/bencht...c-tormach.html

basically 145TC framed marathon inverter duty blackmax 1.5HP with GS3-22P0 VFD from automation direct, the GS2 if you dont care about sensorless vector drive

lcvette has a sweet post on cnczone going into detail, we have similar setups

[tom o]

I have the craftex version it really helps if you snug up the locks for the ways.