If you just support the motor on long studs it will probably vibrate badly. Thinner blocks and 'shimming' to taste with decently arge washers would be better. The raising blocks could be made of wood to allow easier adjustment of thickness though it would look a bit 'naff'. Other possibilities that might be worth considering are some blocks of vibration dampening rubber, pluss washers to fit.

wrt motor choice they do say use a bigger motor with VFD than you would straight. And a horizontal normally gets a bigger motor than a vertical so I would say use the 1.5 on the Senior and see how it goes. 2HP without a VFD is way over the top for a small mill though. The 1 ton Victoria horizontal is only a 3HP I think.

> Can the emergency button be inserted into the 240v live feed to the unit?

Better there than between the unit and the motor, where using it could cause damage to the VFD.

Most (all?) VFDs can be set up to have a wired in VFD. A serious industrial use would have a brake resistor fitted to the VFD so it can be stopped faster than simply cutting the power.

Neil

If the power trips out going to the vfd on my tom senior, it stops dead, so i imagine a brake resistor might be not needed.

Hi just notice your post regarding getting oil into the table gearbox.

I fill mine with an oil can under the the able at the handle end, just pus can nozzle as far as it will go under.

Reagards

Jon