Getting started in CNC conversion

[Ed from NY]

Originally Posted by Greolt Ed that 0-10v is just a signal to the motor control magic gizmo to tell it how fast to make the motor turn. The motor on the X3 is actually DC. The machine will however be powered by standard 120 or 220v AC (240 here in Aus)

Gotcha!

What voltage DC for the SX3?

[Greolt]

I couldn't tell you what voltage they are, it's not in the specs.

The X3 is 600 watts and Super X3 is 1000 watts. Thats as much as I know.

Someone else may be able to help you out there.

[LongRat]

The UK spec X2 motor (230VAC machine) runs up to 180VDC. I have measured it myself with a meter. Not sure about the X3 though.

[Ron111]

Phantomcow2,
Is there a thread posted where someone shows where they have controll the x3 spindle using this board? http://www.cnc4pc.com/Variable_Speed_Control_Board.htm

Does The X3 just use a rheostat to adjust the spindle speed and does this board replace the manually hand adjusted rheostat? In other words do you just remove the rheostat (assuming it deviated the voltage from 0 to 10 VDC) from the circuit and connect the voltage output of this card to circuit?

May be it's not this simple, but maybe it is.

Ron