The inserts are a nice idea. How many times do you get to change the inserts before you have to replace the Iscar holder?
I emailed Syil and got a very interesting response.
I asked him if he thinks we could upgrade the SX3 to a
5 HP motor. He said that
a lot of testing would need to be done, but that there is a good chance that the mill could handle that sort of power (with whatever upgrades). The major hurdle is that the electronics is not designed for it and redesigning the board is not an easy task because Sieg does not publish the specs. They have just designed a replacement board to control the speed via G-code (which I'm getting on mine), but the new board works with the same power levels. In order to handle a much larger motor they would need to redesign the board all over again and that is not feasible at this point.
I told him that if he were able to come up with a
5 HP upgrade kit for the S/X3 there might be quite a few people interested in it...
Perhaps we should all beg together
.