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General Mach Discussion / Re: VFD recommendations

« on: November 14, 2009, 11:04:52 PM »

18000 rpm = successful, wow that's a scary RPM;)

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: The Laser Project.

« on: November 14, 2009, 01:53:46 PM »

It seems like you are able to spend a LOT of time on this project making it look equal parts awesome across the board.  One of these days, that secret must be passed on how you can do that;)

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Ballscrews - Ground or Rolled?

« on: November 13, 2009, 10:50:04 PM »

If only you sent this link before.  I've received my rails already;)

Barry

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General Mach Discussion / Re: VFD recommendations

« on: November 13, 2009, 01:03:53 AM »

I ended up buying a Hitachi X200

http://www.hitachi-america.us/products/business/inverters/ac_variable_speed_drives/x200/index.html

It came in today and 30 minutes of hooking it up, I have a successful spindle test.  It is absolutely amazing what can be done when you have the proper manual.  I can't say enough about the Hitachi inverter too.  The construction is great, the wiring in and out is thoughtful, and the manual is very well thought out.

Barry

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: My Clock

« on: November 10, 2009, 10:29:47 AM »

very nice Art, Did you start with plans for something like this?  Looks really complicated.

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General Mach Discussion / VFD recommendations

« on: November 08, 2009, 12:09:00 AM »

Hey folks, I'm having the devil of a time getting this HSD VFD to work.  HSD can't even seem to be able to send me the right manual for it.  They keep insisting that the manual they sent from SERCO will work even though the codes on the panel are all different.  Gotta love their support.  Btw, I don't recommend buying anything from HSD their support is so sucky.

What do you guys recommend for a VFD.  In all likelyhood, I'm going to have to replace this one with one that will work.

I'd need single to 3 phase, 220 volt, 6.9 Amp, 2HP.  I hope that is descriptive enough;)

Barry

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: Experimenting with my rotary axis

« on: November 05, 2009, 12:49:02 PM »

Very nice Greg.  I'd like to hit you up for tips on that later on.  You are doing great!

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: 6 month build

« on: November 04, 2009, 12:56:54 AM »

congrats on your build.  nice to have a complete project huh?  time to start making cool stuffs!

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: custom machining plates

« on: November 03, 2009, 02:35:35 PM »

I'm in Orange County, CA.  I finally found a shop to make them for me.  The price is fairly good too, yay!

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: custom machining plates

« on: November 03, 2009, 10:00:49 AM »

Hmm, I doubt it.  I don't think dxf has a scale in it.  However, the parts I liked to are iges and have a built in scale.  I'm going to cold call a bunch of shops here, and see if I can find somebody that will cut these for me locally.