Posted by Haydn Callow on 14/07/2022 18:02:21:
I read that quite s few have used brushless 500 watt motors using motors that are available for sewing machines and they come with digital controllers…..can I not get a similar controller and hook it up to my SIEG motor.
I don't know the answer. Motors usually come with a matched controller and without that the repairer has to understand enough detail to make the match.
The 110V brushed DC motor normally fitted to mini-lathes is fairly easy – relatively simple wiring and lots of suitable controllers are sold on ebay and others if you can't find a direct swap for the machine.
Replacing with a 3-phase motor and VFD is fairly straightforward, otherwise it can get difficult.
A recent question about a Wabeco lathe hasn't had a good answer yet because it's DC motor has field winding inputs and a tachometer output, so both it and the controller are unusual enough to be mysterious.
Some other machines are fitted with 2-speed motors, or two or more 3-phase motors. They're a complication I would rather avoid!
Your Seig motor is brushless, details unknown, so although it may be possible to get it going with a sewing machine controller, I doubt anyone on the forum or in the trade knows for sure what to buy. Might get lucky if someone reads this and has done it already. I don't recall anyone reporting having to repair a Seig brushless lathe yet.
Easier to get a brushless sewing machine motor and controller together as a package, because someone else has already sorted out the details. Buying a package avoids the possibility of accidentally causing the dreaded magic smoke, or hitting a wiring puzzle can't be fixed by hard-thinking. As mistakes are expensive, may be better to bite the bullet and buy a replacement motor of the type that's failed – minimal change fitting and reconnecting, so low risk.
Dave