Hi Everyone,
New guy here. After months of thought and staring at stuff online, I jumped in with both feet and ordered a PM1440GT to be my first lathe. I talked with Matt for a bit, and ordered it with a 3ph motor, and the Hitachi VFD. The lathe is currently expected in my driveway sometime around the 1st of Dec. I have already received the VFD.
Upon unboxing the VFD, and attempting to comprehend the instruction book, I read through JBolt's process with the same equipment. I have to admit that the gut & re-wire process has me a bit intimidated. I haven't done anything like this before. Household wiring, yes. Motor control systems, no. Still undecided as to whether I want to attempt the re-wire on my own, or hire it out. I'd like to do it myself, but I would definitely need some help interpreting the diagrams MKSJ provided & JBolt posted.
This forum is awesome, I'm spending an irresponsible amount of time here.
New guy here. After months of thought and staring at stuff online, I jumped in with both feet and ordered a PM1440GT to be my first lathe. I talked with Matt for a bit, and ordered it with a 3ph motor, and the Hitachi VFD. The lathe is currently expected in my driveway sometime around the 1st of Dec. I have already received the VFD.
Upon unboxing the VFD, and attempting to comprehend the instruction book, I read through JBolt's process with the same equipment. I have to admit that the gut & re-wire process has me a bit intimidated. I haven't done anything like this before. Household wiring, yes. Motor control systems, no. Still undecided as to whether I want to attempt the re-wire on my own, or hire it out. I'd like to do it myself, but I would definitely need some help interpreting the diagrams MKSJ provided & JBolt posted.
This forum is awesome, I'm spending an irresponsible amount of time here.