The stock 600 W DC motor on the CNC-converted Opti BF 20 burned out and had to be replaced.
Jari got a 750 W ABB AC induction motor to replace it and found this used VFD for driving it. Here we are testing the VFD for the first time and it seems to work OK. Acceleration and braking speed is great compared to the old DC-drive.
There's a normally-open start switch (black), a normally closed stop switch (red), an SPDT direction switch (blue), and a linear 10k pot (black) for adjusting the speed. Next step is to build a proper front panel for the switches. The VFD also has a 0-5 V load output which would be nice to monitor while machining.
I've started a new category, CNC, for everything related to CNC control and machines. Hopefully I'll have more to post about these things in the future...