Which servo motor should I buy in Australia?

[Carrie88]

Hi all, 

I have a consew 226R and I'm ready to put a servo motor on it for more control. My problem is that most of the recommended motors on leather forums, like the Reliable motors (which seem reasonable for well under $200au), are all for sale overseas or on ebay. Whilst some of them look like they have the voltage option for Australia, which is 220v, I can't tell if they would then have an Australian plug. The motors that are for sale from Australian vendors all look extremely expensive to me by comparison, around $400au.

I'd really appreciate any info from fellow Aussie leather workers who have been down this path. And from anyone else too of course, if you have seen this type of question before. 

Regards, Carrie. 

[NCArcher]

Can you post a link to the motor you are looking at? It's a 2 minute job to change a plug.

[dikman]

This was posted in another section -

They will be more expensive here (as is everything) because of the logistics involved for people selling them. As mentioned, changing a plug is easy (if you know what you're doing) but I'm sure you could find a friend who does know how if you're not sure.

[Carrie88]

Hi, 

Well this brand - https://reliablecorporation.com/collections/motors - seems to get good reviews on a few different sewing forums, I was particularly reading some threads on the hotrodders.com forum in the upholstry section. There are a few sellers of these on ebay and other sites. I was looking at this one - http://www.allbrands.com/products/10568-reliable-sewquiet-6000sm-variable-speed-dc-servo-m - where they retail at $199US.

In Australia I was looking at these - http://www.sewingmachinesaustralia.com.au/shop/buy-accessories/motors/ho-hsing-g60-servo-motor.html - at $425 which is really a lot more than I was hoping to pay. 

I just don't want to order something online and have it turn up and feel like a dummy because I didn't consider something important.

Carrie

[NCArcher]

The US one is the wrong voltage for Aus. $199 USD is $251 AUD atm. Postage from the US is horrendous. You may be looking at $100 postage even if you could get it in 220V.. I just checked the Reliable site and you can get it in 220V.

I'll have a look at some of the EBay ones.

[NCArcher]

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/220V-Energy-Saving-Mute-Brushless-Servo-Motor-for-Industrial-Sewing-Machine-/162491283593?hash=item25d53c3889:g:Fn8AAOSwRUhZABCN

This one comes in at less than $200. I would take a punt and give this a try but I am an electrician and comfortable with messing with it to get it to work if I had to.

My Consew 226R has an Efka servo off a Juki 555 that I picked up for nothing. I had to modify the machine and the servo a bit to get it working. It wasn't a straight change over.

[dikman]

Ho-hsing are generally considered to be a very good motor. That one doesn't include GST - another $42 - + shipping?

This is where I bought mine - https://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/Energy-Saving-Brushless-Servo-Motor-TD-422-550W/1088544_1606343305.html?spm=2114.12010608.0.0.2995e5c0iwbxBR

$180 for a 550 watt, for another $30 you can get a 750 watt.Free shipping. It comes with a 75mm pulley but when I bought mine they were offering a 50 mm instead, not sure if they still are.

NC, a friend bought a 555 and reckons the servo was brilliant, but the machine didn't suit his needs and it was going to be too much trouble to swap the servo over and try and get it working. You've done well, just out of curiosity what was involved in getting it working on the Consew (in case I come across one at a good price )?

Edited August 20, 2017 by dikman

[silverback]

I bought one about a month or so back( my second one) and still the same with the 50 mm pulley. Just ask for Aussie plug and they give you a convertor plug. There is a guy selling servo motors on facebook in Australian leathercrafters forum for 300. could be a better bet as covered by Aussie warranty.

[RockyAussie]

3 hours ago, dikman said:

Ho-hsing are generally considered to be a very good motor. That one doesn't include GST - another $42 - + shipping?

This is where I bought mine - https://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/Energy-Saving-Brushless-Servo-Motor-TD-422-550W/1088544_1606343305.html?spm=2114.12010608.0.0.2995e5c0iwbxBR

$180 for a 550 watt, for another $30 you can get a 750 watt.Free shipping. It comes with a 75mm pulley but when I bought mine they were offering a 50 mm instead, not sure if they still are.

NC, a friend bought a 555 and reckons the servo was brilliant, but the machine didn't suit his needs and it was going to be too much trouble to swap the servo over and try and get it working. You've done well, just out of curiosity what was involved in getting it working on the Consew (in case I come across one at a good price )?

Could you tell me are you able to adjust the speed settings on these without being a company  tech. What I mean by that is that I have a similar one on this Cowboy which allows me to do various adjustments up to 15 but that is still way too slow and I can not work out how to make it go up to 50 or 100 or whatever.Brian

[dikman]

Not sure what those numbers mean, Brian. There are lots of adjustments in the "handbook", but only a couple have any effect. One sets the max. speed and the other sets how slow it goes at startup (or something like that, the book is down in my other shed and it's now dark, cold and wet so I'll have a look tomorrow). I do know that the two settings inter-react somewhat, i.e if you set a high max. speed then the startup is faster. I'll post back tomorrow.