AC with VFD or 180V DC for lathe?

[Clive S]

My Myford S7 has a 1hp 3ph 4 pole TEE motor and a Siemens VFD, the motor and lathe are comfortable at 3000rpm.

May I ask the model of the VFD and have you changed any of the drive line or kept the original belts etc.

[magicniner]

Micromaster Vector, one of the old ones with LED display rather than LCD, belts are just what my local industrial supplier can provide in the correct length.
The head is on taper rollers with 30.5mm through capacity though, the standard pulleys transmit power well enough for this -

https://youtu.be/pUI2GIGTz_c

30mm 304, 2.5mm depth of cut, the video was actually shot to show the capability of the Dickson clone QCTP

[Ross77]

For a given total spend you will probably be able to get a better spread of power, torque and speed using a 3 phase motor with the right power and gear/pulley drive ratio but that will probably cost more than just replacing your DC drive.

Thanks Nick, I already have an inverter but would have been a pain swapping the motor as i needed a 100x 125 mount spacing witha 14mm shaft which meant a new pulley or fudge the mounts.

Ive picked up a cheap sprint 400i DC controller which has isolated inputs so I will stick with the DC to get it up and running and learn with, then upgrade later.

Thanks

[Clive S]

Micromaster Vector, one of the old ones with LED display rather than LCD, belts are just what my local industrial supplier can provide in the correct length.
The head is on taper rollers with 30.5mm through capacity though, the standard pulleys transmit power well enough for this -

https://youtu.be/pUI2GIGTz_c

30mm 304, 2.5mm depth of cut, the video was actually shot to show the capability of the Dickson clone QCTP

Thanks for the info Nick My Myford S7 is only 3/4" bore but it is CNC'd and can cut threads nicely.

[Toolman321]

I recently had a simalar decision to make for a denford mill spindle drive, in the end I decided to buy one of these controllers from eBay https://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/PWM-DC-Moto...%257Ciid%253A2 they are available as 8 amp or 4 amp versions and seem reasonably well built