MillForged
January 19, 2024, 4:19pm
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Like i said i have spent quite a while reading about other peoples experiences and i cant help but be inspired by their accomplishments with their machine set ups.
So after loosing my head and buying a 2.2kw spindle I thought I’d setup a thread as a write up for the install.
I took delivery today but thats about it. I thought I’d do a quick video of what it looks like, it’s a MONSTER! 5kg + a 1kg mount… Heres first impressions.
Hi Guys, following on from my thread on upgrading the Shapeoko 3 to a 2.2kw spindle
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Here was the discovery with a fair amount of ramblings.
I thought it would be useful to do a full write up on it – so that others can learn from my mistakes and learning’s.
Firstly, why do this? It’s worth noting that an air cooled spindle does not have all the benefits of a water cooled version. Here is why I upgraded to a water cooled spindle:
• Higher torque and lower speeds – better for mill…
This morning I figured I would skim over the parameters out of curiosity, then got carried away and ended up making a note of every single parameter value currently set in my VFD and what it does. In others words, I RTFM. I will leave my notes here in case this could be useful for others with the same VFD model. I highlighted the ones that I think need to be considered for the Shapeoko usecase, feel free to comment if you went through the same exercize and optimized some of these params !
PD000…