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23-07-2016 #1
Hello all, another basic question here from myself!
I've managed to 'acquire' a spindle. very similar to this for nothing:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DC12-48V-Air-Cooled-0-4KW-Spindle-Motor-400W-ER11-for-Engraving-Milling-Machine-/252413006441hash=item3ac4fcd269:g:a6EAAOSwEgVWTYBS
Now i know these are very underpowered and probably pretty useless for most work, but i currently don't have a spindle at all and my machine is just sitting there making nothing at the moment and i really want to start making chips! even if they are only small ones lol.
i'm only going to be cutting wood so i don't mind using a small spindle just for now until i can upgrade.
my question is though what kind of speed controller do i need? or do i need an inverter/vfd? if it is the latter am i just better off buying a new spindle/vfd together like this one?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1-5KW-AIR-...YAAOSwAPlXhcvh
apologies for sounding dumb, but i'm rubbish with electronics lol.
i have the leadshine mx3660 breakout/driver board so if possible it would be nice to be able to switch the spindle on and control the speed through that. im using linuxcnc.
thanks in advance
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