@Xteach Andy,
I just built my Shapeoko 5 Pro + VFD spindle. I’m running the spindle through a 3000 watt transformer I got from Amazon, but looking at the actual power consumption (at the wall, rather than the single max figure in the spec sheet), that could be massive overkill with lots of headroom.
Anyway, just following up to say it all works perfectly in the UK with the 220 => 110 step down transformer.
[Edit: 7 April 2023]
I watched the watt meter on the wall while I was milling this dust collection hose mount and never saw the wattage (220v) go over 68 watts at the wall. Really tiny compare to the claimed amp / watts used in the spec sheet!
This was using a 6mm compression bit with 3mm depth of cut at a speed of 2500mm / min.
