Reverse Engineering a 5-axis benchtop CNC

Long story, but I'm retrofitting a 7i96 (and probably a ChinaBoB) to a VHF CAM5 S2 dental mill.  TL;DR I don't have the license dongle it sold with and don't have the money to pay for the proprietary control software.
The motion part is pretty straightforward.  Open loop NEMA17 steppers with ball screws, I don't expect any problem controlling the motion.  I might at some point build a bigger frame but for now, I'm looking at a working envelope of about 4" x 3.5" x 3" plus I think 90 degrees on A and 360 on B.
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I'm going to either forego the tool changer or re-work it as a 6 or 8 tool instead of 16.  Tools with that depth-gauge circlip are way out of my budget, and I think that's integral to operating it as a 16-tool magazine. The spindle, however.  It's an VHF-branded SFS 300P.  Neither SFS nor VHF publish any pinout, voltage requirement, control frequency range or any useful build info.  The motor control daughterboard gives me the pinout for the motor, but I don't have the electronics fu to get any farther than that.

     

So, my questions are:1) Does anyone here have knowledge or experience with this particular machine?  A service manual or any maintenance information would be miraculous.2) Same question for the spindle assembly.  I do have the pressure & flow specs for the air seal and chuck controls, but working out the input voltage and speed control are out of my depth.3) Assuming the absence of model-specific details, how should I go about reverse-engineering the motor?  I have multimeters and oscilloscope.

Thanks!
Doc 

@tommylight
You're correct for the most part - this one doesn't use RFID but everything else was spot on. This one uses USB or Ethernet and a program called DentalCNC to send g-code.
The motor is 5k-60krpm, 300w continuous or 600w peak with a 3mm air chuck.
Spindle is plumbed for a mister, has air seals and a "taper purge" as well as the chuck control line.
There's a seven wire connection to the motor control board in the photo.  I presume that's ground, 3 phase wires and 3 Hall effect sensor wires. I did find a how-to for mapping the phase-sensor relationships & will try that tomorrow. 
The motor control board has a pretty robust Atmel MCU and a BLDC controller IC, but I suspect that without the factory software I'll be replacing it with a documented BLDC control board

@andypugh
Sorry about the Imgur stuff. I'll migrate the albums to my own server tomorrow.
The purpose of reducing tool count in the magazine is to make room for tools with the more common plastic collar, aka "stuff I can afford".

I appreciate the input!  The goal is to make knife parts with this machine - mostly G10, micarta & wood, but hopefully some titanium. If I can learn to talk to this spindle motor the rest is just details. 

Well, I tried to do some further work while tired and distracted, and smoked something in the spindle.  I had hoped to avoid tearing it down and was trying to map the phases and sensors, and put 24VDC where it didn't belong.
Oscilloscope shows a nice sinusoidal back emf if I drive the motor externally, and the wiring indicates no Hall effect sensors, so I'm not sure how to drive the thing.  Will a simple sensorless (back-emf controlled) BLDC circuit work?
The sensor in the second photo rides on the "dremeled" collar in the first photo

good morning i also have such a chuck i wanted to know if you continued to open the chuck and if so how did you do it thank you 

you need air cylinder for open chuck
release the knife, put knife yous wrench for open chuck,

need put knife into the chuck . There is no knife inside, it can break chuck