Definitely dont have money
All my motors and drives have been from eBay, the most I have paid for a drive is the 22Kw ones I have for the lathes spindle, it was £200 or there abouts. The most I have paid for a motor was the 12.5Kw one on the Lathes spindle also and it was £250, both the motor and the drive were new
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As for cables I make them up myself and if I dont have the sockets I certainly dont buy them as these military spec plugs/sockets are very expensive, what I have done in the past is remove the motor plugs and fit screw terminals inside a box mounted to the motor.
Just bought a 8Kw motor a few days ago for £50 and its running sweetly on test, -3800rpm to 3800rpm at an accel of 262,000revs/s/s
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