Got a great black Friday deal on a spindle and vfd kit on Amazon. 110v Rattmotor 2.2kw water-cooled spindle with HY VFD, and water pump/hoses for $200.00, picked up 10 ft of double shielded 16ga and a Daedalus dust shoe. 2 days of wiring and trouble shooting over last weekend but now working great (still tweaking some vfd settings on occasion)
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Currently finishing setting up my upgraded setup with a 2.2kw spindle.
Just completed a relocation and decided to upgrade from 30x30 to 30x48, as well as upgrading to a spindle.
My main concern is the weight of the spindle, I used a dial indicator to measure deflection in the center of the gantry with spindle located all the way to the side vs in the center, came out to about 0.003”, which doesn’t sound too bad to me, I’ll check the straightness of the spoil board too after surfacing.
I’m also concerned about the v wheels under the extra weight
How did run your water lines, I’m thinking of possibly getting bigger drag chains
I have them run outside the drag chain.
So far I haven’t noticed any problems with the v wheels, but Ive only had time to run it about 5 hours since installing the spindle.
I just purchased the RATTMMOTOR 2.2KW Water Cooled Spindle Kit from amazon. This thing must weigh 20 lbs. Did you connect it to the longboard or super longboard controller? Does it use RS485 communication? Are you still happy with it?
Any updates on this spindle? I purchased the 220v version and a SLB to upgrade my Longmill MK2.
Sorry about the incredibly late reply, but I’ve been using this setup consistently using the longboard, still very happy with it. Been working so much I haven’t had much of a chance to use it lately, but now that the weather is warming up I plan on doing a deep clean and recalibration of everything to start a new side business with my kids. Planning on trying to fund an upgrade with ATC.