metalworking pillar drill experiences

**routercnc** · 23-01-2020

More workshop stuff . . .

**routercnc** · 30-01-2020

Episode 2 : making the control box and deep dive into the XSY AT1 inverter setup. Impressed so far (for the price) . .

**Clive S** · 30-01-2020

Beautiful control box. Really enjoyed the vid.

Small comment re: the pot they are usually 10K lin. not log. (I know you say not say log)

I am pretty sure you can go from forward straight to reverse without problems. The ramp up and down seems very conservative.

**routercnc** · 31-01-2020

Hi Clive,

Thanks, I didn't know if people would find it interesting or not as it ended up quite long.

I'm intrigued by the pot comment - did you hear me say 'log' or are you saying it is worth clarifying ? I'll need to watch it again ! There was a bit of audio clipping in places which might have made it sound like I said something else.

The accel and decel rates are the defaults and yes you can switch between forward and reverse straight away and the inverter will ramp between them. I'll set those up when it is on the machine and driving all the correct inertia loads (pulleys, spindle, chuck, and large drill). There is a limit to the braking as it is all done inside the inverter (this model does not have external brake resistor option).

Thanks

**Clive S** · 31-01-2020

I'm intrigued by the pot comment - did you hear me say 'log' or are you saying it is worth clarifying ?

No as I said in my post I said, you did not say log. But I mentioned it because if anybody used a log pot it would then not be a linear line for the speed increase.

**Voicecoil** · 30-01-2020

Originally Posted by routercnc

Episode 2 : making the control box and deep dive into the XSY AT1 inverter setup. Impressed so far (for the price) . ..

Thanks so much for this - I've ordered one of those inverters to run my vacuum pump and your explanation is a lot clearer than the Chinglish manual!

**routercnc** · 31-01-2020

Hi Voicecoil

You are welcome. I'm impressed with it so far . . . .

**Voicecoil** · 31-01-2020

Originally Posted by routercnc

Hi Voicecoil

You are welcome. I'm impressed with it so far . . . .

BTW, what do you think they mean by the "intermediate frequency" in the green part of your table???

**routercnc** · 24-02-2020

Time for episode 3 - main electrical cabinet . . .

**routercnc** · 03-03-2020

More shenanigans . . .

This time - finishing off the electrical cabinet and getting it mounted, starting the control box, and stripping down the drill press . . .