AC spindle servo on a Chinese BOB set up

Hey guys has anyone on here used an AC servo spindle motor with just a parport break out board? My finger is hovering over the buy now button but just want to see if anyone has tried before I become the lab rat

(I have a two parport bob set up if that helps)

thanks guys

The bob I has does have 0-10v so I might give it a go. I do intend to upgrade to a masa eventually so maybe it can just work at half capacity until then.

I was looking at the brushless (sewing machine motors) people are putting on mini mills and lathes and for an extra $140 I can get an AC servo with the driver seems like a no brainer.

Would try pwm and two output pins. One with run stop and another for fwd/rev

Yeah I'd be spending money on on an upgrade to some Mesa motion hardware control before a spindle, and a good spindle package isn't going to be cheap.

It doesn't have to be really 'good' the machine is a Seig X2 I have heavily modified it, but still I don't think a super nice spindle package would be worth it on this mill maybe my next project.

I was just looking for something better than the stock Brushed DC motor they ship with. at the moment the stock motor still works so I'll run that to begin with but I know the control boards for them are known to blow and its cheaper to get a Chinese servo set up than a new brushed control board (That will most likely break again)

Thanks again for the help guys this forum is amazing!

This is the way to go, go hard or go home hahahaha.


Thinking of something similar, not real happy with my servo setup. I kind feel the original motor that came with my BF-20 was more torquey. But the 3 phase I have of my FrankenMyford is sweet.

hahaha

My mini lathe has a 6HP three phase motor on it because I had it on hand... so I know the feeling well