Centroid Community CNC Support Forum

I have an Amazon vfd H100, I would like to run it on my spindle motor if possible, where does the vfd 0-10 dc+ and com wire into on this inverter. Any wiring help would be very much appreciated

Any good online stores shop at for servo systems

I have a cat40 work head I want to be variable on a grinder I’m converting. It currently has a .75 hp motor on it with pulleys to control the rpm. I would like to use the acorn 0-10v to control this. Any recommendations would be helpful

Do I need a brake on the x axis this is a slant lathe with a heavy turret

Which leadshine servo is best matched to the machine compared to the original servo

Can use the current spindle drive or will I need to retrofit to another brand?

I picked up a Cincinnati Hawk 150 mechanically in perfect condition at a local College for scrap price. I’ve had it for about a year now and nothing but trouble out of the acromatic controller. It’s getting to be 1000$ here and 2500$ there to keep it running. I’m going to start my conversion on it. ...

Also I have the Cincinnati schematics for the lathe could someone at centroid make me a conversion schematics from this

I would use what ever you recommended. I’ve done 2 acorn builds. Both were very simple builds. I’m a little lost on the hydraulic chuck, turret and tail stop on this. It has working servos and drivers. I’ve ran across a couple of these build so I know some has a schematic, but getting my hands one I...

I have a 2000 Cincinnati Hawk 150 lathe in almost perfect shape except we keep having problems with the acromatic controller. This machine came out the engineer department of a college and was never in production and only cut plastic. I’ve seen a few with centroid conversion on them, would anyone ha...