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The brake you talk about is on the head to slow down the spindle?
I will be doing a bridgeport clone a Millport Knee mill. It has the air control for the brake on the spindle. I am just going to remove it and install an external brake from on the VFD and make it simple.

Nope, That will not work. If not connected to the acorn it wont open. You will need the offline USB dongle. $99.00

No, we need a go fund me page for all the Veterans in all the VA hospitals. Went to see my friend there in Lebanon , PA and it is a shame . Lots of people there have no family to even give them a Christmas card.

Im just bustin asssss.. LOL. Price are fair.

I did get the pro software when I ordered the acorn. Will need 2 more acorns. They ship it only 61 miles to me.

Was just looking at E-bay and seen Centroid DIY selling the Acorn board on there for the same price as here. When I ordered it here the shipping was 15.00 ? On e-bay 9.57 I got cheated
And they have to pay 10% to ebay. So what up??

I just got in my 3 DYN4 drives saturday and no where in the manual do I see it needs contactors. Just a e-stop to knock out the 24V

https://www.witmermotorservice.com/
They have pretty much any VFD you need and there prices are ok. The best part about them is you can call anytime for technical help and they will walk you thru any problems you have.
And they are the best for motor rebuilding.

That is a good deal, I ordered three of them. Thanks.

Just for future reference. Teknic just released a whole new line of ClearPath servo/drive units in the much higher power and size rating. All of them have a rpm rating of 2500. Keith told me about them and I checked with an engineer I know at Teknic and he confirmed what Keith told me. Although mor...