11-15-2015, 11:02 PM
(11-15-2015, 10:46 PM)Hawkeye Wrote: A few days ago, I got a chance to test my VFD, which was heavily smoked in the fire. It came to life when I powered it up, but wouldn't run the motor. It showed 'E-5' on the display. When I got some time, I pulled up the manual and looked up error messages. Turns out, since I was looking at it sideways on the table, I misread it. It was actually 'E-S'. Right... I pulled the Emergency Stop button and tried the motor. Perfect operation. That meant it would be worth going through it and cleaning off the smoke.
Long story short, today I got the VFD system finished, swapped the motor on the new mill/drill to the 1 1/2 HP 3-phase motor and mounted the system on the wall.
The next project will be to make a spline wrench for the top of the spindle so I can remove the big nut and take the spindle pulley off. Hopefully, there will be enough thickness in the bottom of the aluminum pulley to drill in 6 magnets for the Hall-effect sensor for the MachTach in the control panel.
I picked up a used VFD a few weeks ago. I have a line on a 2 HP motor. These will go on the Storebro Bruk lathe. The projects never end.
Wow that is a really nice setup, sure beats my 'cables-across-the-floor' system! Do you have a cooling fan in the cabinet for the VFD?
Lathe (n); a machine tool used in the production of milling machine components.
Milling Machine (n); a machine tool used in the production of lathe components.
Milling Machine (n); a machine tool used in the production of lathe components.