I have been tempted by the various brushless dc motors that are about NEMA 34 sized and claim to be 1 kw. My OEM spindle motor is still working so I haven’t jumped yet. I put a 550W BLDC motor on a Sherline mill and it was awesome power and torque wise. Controlling it was not straightforward as it w...

I have just converted a Novamill to Centroid Acorn control and a Gecko G540 stepper driver. I am still using the original stepper motors and they appear to be working well. The Acorn board is a Ethernet connection to the touch screen computer. I was able to reuse the existing wiring between the mill...