So I set it up on the stand today. It is just sitting there at the moment. The stand was originally designed for a smaller lathe so I will have to modify it to suit. I plan to have the lathe fully enclosed, running coolant and a chip tray on slides. I would also like to have it on caster wheels for moving around if need be and levelling feet when actually using it.
I also took a photo of the VFD and motor I will be using, well at this stage anyway.
The motor is a 1.1KW with 24mm shaft and the VFD is a 1.5KW Powtran Vector Drive VFD
The motor mount plate will need some modifications as it is a different bolt pattern.
Still need to decide what to do about the pulley setup as well. The current setup I believe uses A belts. Would a toothed belt setup be better or a combination of the two. A belt and toothed?