The 2.2Kw Chinese Spindles - Info, Setup and Advice + More

[Philly]

I've connected the shielding to eartch at the VFD, I assume its the correct way?

Also, would these VFD settings work with the 1.5kw spindle, I cant find the bit of paper that came with it :)

Thanks, Phil

[Philly]

Managed to sort it, fired it up and its sweet. One thing thats bothering me is at 24k theres almost like a rattle inside that sounds like a bad bearing but drop a few thousand rpm and it vanishes.

Good points are when it was running there was 0 vibrations on the kitchen counter and it sounds good although its going to be a while before I get used to the different sounds at different ranges, I'm used to it just getting loader :D

Cheers, Phil

[Swarfing]

Phil

Like a new car it is worth running the bearings in before loading it up at full chat.

[Philly]

In progress now, its running at 10k and has been for 15mins so far, will give it another 15mins.

Cheers

[r0bsk1]

FYI 2.2k spindles and vfd are back in stock in the uk. Price has dropped too.

[MikeyC38]

Thanks r0bsk1 for posting this I will check eBay now.
Regds
Mike

[asbo]

Damn my hastiness, I bought the cheapest one from aliexpress a few days ago and it was £8 (plus £1 bank charge) more than they're now selling them in the UK on ebay. Plus the seller has dispatched it with FedEx even though I chose DHL as the courier, so now I'll get a nice admin charge from them. Oh well

I'll post again when it arrives