StrikerDown
Enlightened
I have had my round column Rong Fu Mill/Drill for about 6 years and finally got tired of it's limitations. Mostly the lack of rigidity. I recently got a little too aggressive milling a flat on the side of a 1" round bar with a 1" carbide end mill it started to chatter and before I could stop the feed it had shattered several flutes... an expensive boo boo!
The even more expensive solution:
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It is a Sharp LMV50 (50" Table
) It comes with a 6" Kurt, now I'll have two!, X and Y servo power feed, Cool Mist tank and coolant metering system and 2 axis Accurite DRO, which I will probably replace with the newer 3 axis DRO currently on the mill/drill, that has an integrated touch probe an LCD color display and Absolute magnetic scales. It not only has a ton more features but I already know how to use it! Plus It has a few of my favorite programs already in it!
Next I need to rent a trailer to go pick up this beast.
Question: What type phase converter should I use? RPC, Variable Frequency Drive or a Static Phase Converter. I believe the static loses 1/3 to 1/2 if the rated HP compared to hooking up to commercial 3 phase , not sure about the others
Any ideas, suggestions or recommendations would be much appreciated.
The even more expensive solution:
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It is a Sharp LMV50 (50" Table
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Next I need to rent a trailer to go pick up this beast.
Question: What type phase converter should I use? RPC, Variable Frequency Drive or a Static Phase Converter. I believe the static loses 1/3 to 1/2 if the rated HP compared to hooking up to commercial 3 phase , not sure about the others
Any ideas, suggestions or recommendations would be much appreciated.