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    Hi

    As anyone any experience of converting a small hobby mill. Namely a Hobbymat BFE65, similar to a Seig X2 etc; to variable DC speed control.

    While cleaning and de-greasing the gearbox on my Hobbymat, i have found wear on the gears and in the bushes, and what looks like a crack in one of the spigots in the casting, it suddenly dawned on me, what if i can remove all the gears and the quill and replace with a VFD, or a 3 phase controller, so that i can vary the speed easily, currently i have only 4 gears, the fastest being 1600 RPM, maybe the machine could ru faster, it seems sturdy enough. I have ordered some Crack Detecter, so this new knowledge may determine the way forward.

    Regards

    Ray
    Last edited by manofgresley; 10-09-2013 at 03:31 PM. Reason: additional info
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