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Well I have figured it out I purchased a teco 510 from emotors direct https://www.emotorsdirect.ca/item/teco-l510-101-h1-u?quantity=1 they are from Canada !! good for me. check it out.. will need to protect it better from chips and dust,also venting for heat and air circulation will be adding extern...

Ya it will be just on/ off forward reverse controls for the vfd

Rex wrote: ↑Fri Nov 22, 2019 12:08 pm Sure, and it's pretty simple.
Perhaps after the mod moves this to the proper sub-forum you will get some help.

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Hi folks just wondering if any one has wired up a vintage forward-off-reverse switch to there teco vfd

https://photos.app.goo.gl/zjwt3YFxFSncWZeh8

It would be rad to use it seems a shame not to

hey folks still looking to get my rockwell 21-100 running VFDs look like the jam but which one?? prices are all over the map locally, and on line better but still not sure what to get. the motor info plate is on the link below https://photos.app.goo.gl/82XUyN63qFodHL5W8 I have 110 household power an...

How to get power can be a hard decision. Initially I went with a VFD for my first 3 phase machine. The problem with a VFD is each 3 phase motor needs a VFD. When it came time to power a Famco mill I learned there are 2 3 phase motors and they can not be powered by a single VFD... A rotary phase con...

this is the mill..
https://photos.app.goo.gl/uFjEuBz5nsdVQffK9

https://photos.app.goo.gl/VzDqy1itCBb4grXW7

now i need to figure out the best way to get power to it

I have 110 of course

but I do have 220 ( the old hot tub was attached there

so what to do
Phaser or VFD??

Hey choprboy ya was just reading the number on the motor but ya... new to this..

Oil catch is smart !

Hey folks new to the forum, I have been playing around with my vintage south bend lathe and going to be getting a rockwell mill.. I will be using these machines to help me produce Steel Bicycle Frames. the Rockwell 66-530 will be new to me from a friend. It will be doing tube mitring, slots and tool...