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The 2nd round of electrical components are inbound...have I mentioned I hate the cost of electrical? 
The price tag was getting out of control so I reeled it back in. I'm not really going hog wild on this stuff but I bet I'm north of $900. Part of that was re-wiring my single phase supply, I upped it to 4 wire 10 awg 30 amp 220 vac so some wire for the panel, a new 4 conductor twist lock outlet and plug, big ass heavy 28 foot flex cord, cord grips see that's how you get to $900 on this stuff.
When the smoke cleared I settled on a simple 3 push button configuration Forward, Reverse, Stop, with a pot for spindle speed. Of course as is typical with electrical you buy one thing then the other five things that one thing requires so push button enclosure, wire cable, relays, relay sockets, DIN rail.
I did splurge on my spindle speed pot, I ordered this 22mm Eaton with the built in scale for $97.
After deleting the cable carrier from my cart several times, I felt the motor and push button cables were going to flop around otherwise so I bit the bullet and added that $118 item.
I decided this enclosure was the best fit...after already ordering another enclosure which again is typical of buying electrical.
I settled on these flush push buttons in red, green, and blue with the appropriate NO/NC contact blocks.
Of course a bunch of other stuff, cooling fan, wire duct, control cable, cord grips, terminal blocks. I think this setup will be high quality, the components will out live me, but its not fancy just for the sake of being fancy. No rows of DIN mounted terminal blocks I used the old fashion type at 1/4 the cost. No panel mounted tach, no jog button. We'll see how it comes together this weekend.
The price tag was getting out of control so I reeled it back in. I'm not really going hog wild on this stuff but I bet I'm north of $900. Part of that was re-wiring my single phase supply, I upped it to 4 wire 10 awg 30 amp 220 vac so some wire for the panel, a new 4 conductor twist lock outlet and plug, big ass heavy 28 foot flex cord, cord grips see that's how you get to $900 on this stuff.When the smoke cleared I settled on a simple 3 push button configuration Forward, Reverse, Stop, with a pot for spindle speed. Of course as is typical with electrical you buy one thing then the other five things that one thing requires so push button enclosure, wire cable, relays, relay sockets, DIN rail.
I did splurge on my spindle speed pot, I ordered this 22mm Eaton with the built in scale for $97.
After deleting the cable carrier from my cart several times, I felt the motor and push button cables were going to flop around otherwise so I bit the bullet and added that $118 item.
I decided this enclosure was the best fit...after already ordering another enclosure which again is typical of buying electrical.
I settled on these flush push buttons in red, green, and blue with the appropriate NO/NC contact blocks.
Of course a bunch of other stuff, cooling fan, wire duct, control cable, cord grips, terminal blocks. I think this setup will be high quality, the components will out live me, but its not fancy just for the sake of being fancy. No rows of DIN mounted terminal blocks I used the old fashion type at 1/4 the cost. No panel mounted tach, no jog button. We'll see how it comes together this weekend.
