Centroid Community CNC Support Forum

Hard to believe that you spend the big money on the console and get the starter software. The Pro is what you want. The starter software is just a tease. Yeah, no kidding. Hence my surprise. I *thought* I had paid for a fully functional package up front. Live and learn. Probably have to buy another...

https://www.centroidcnc.com/centroid_diy/allin1dc_cnc_controller.html Scroll toward the bottom so you understand the features in Free, Pro and Digitizing bundle. You can upgrade to Pro and later if you decide you need digitizing, I'm pretty sure you only pay the difference between Pro and Digitizin...

I thought that I was done pouring money into this thing. Silly me. I thought that when I bought the console and software package that I was buying a license for the software. Apparently not. I tried loading a large program today and discovered that Centroid wasn't done taking my money. I have two op...

I went ahead and ordered the Teco Westinghouse 3 phase at $550. He explained to me, as Polar had tried to earlier in this thread that I *could* run the lathe on single phase 220, but that I'd have to upsize the VFD to twice the capacity. My machine is 7.5 HP, it would have to be sized to 15. Onward ...

Finally heard back from the VFD repair guys and as expected, it's too costly to fix. $1600. I contacted Wolf Automation, as suggested by Polar, by submitting a request for quote from their website. They recommended a Teco Westinghouse 3 phase at $550. I am happy with that price. I had hoped to talk ...

Have you contacted Wells Index yet? They convert their own manual mills to CNC, with Centroid (I think). So they'd be well equipped to help you change yours over. They are very friendly and helpful, too. https://www.wells-index.com/ They were instrumental in helping me get my 820 CNC model running a...

cncsnw wrote: ↑Sat Feb 05, 2022 4:06 pm
On review, the nameplate says it is an auto-transformer, so it works that way even when you are using it to step 480V to 240V or vice versa. So you are proposing to use the transformer as it is designed to be used.

Wonderful news. Thank you very much!

Mark

Thank you for the info Polar! I'll study that closer as I get to that bridge. I am leaning in that direction. Still waiting to hear back from two people who might be able to look at mine first. I haven't had a lot of time to work on it. I did come up with an idea that I wanted to run by the experts....

I've never tried it before, but couldn't you run a 7.5Hp motor with a 5Hp drive. VFD's have a maximum current limit so it would seem that you just wouldn't be able to develop full motor Hp. That way you could get a single phase 5Hp drive and not incur the expense of another motor. That seems like a...

Don't discount a new replacement drive, before repairing one. You might also consider replacing the spindle motor with a 5hp motor so you can buy a 5hp Single Phase VFD. Marty I'm open to all options. Still trying to find someone who can look at mine and give me a price to repair it (if it's repair...