Need info on Pro Foreman shipping weight and number of packages (solved)

[RocRat (Troy Bethel)]

Hi all ,
I’m new to this forum and am real keen to purchase a Pro Foreman .
My problem is I live in the middle of nowhere in Florida and need a service for final delivery to my home .

I have reached out to Onefinity via a couple emails and then via landline yesterday and spoke with someone who said I should email the info address. I mentioned I had already emailed a couple times without an answer . They found the email and said they would reply , but still nothing .

Perhaps someone in the community can help with a few questions I have .

What is the total shipping weight and number of packages of the Pro Foreman ?

Why do I not see to many Dewalt DW routers or one of the other brands featured with onefinity machines ?

What is the possibility of mounting the machine at 30 degrees off horizontal ,Y axis left to right ? In this attitude I can easily load sheet stock from a feed in table against a fence for repeatability and easy removal.

I would appreciate any info you guys have to offer

Troy

[OnefinityCNC (Onefinity Support)]

Info only saw one email and responded this morning:

Hi Troy,
It was nice speaking to you yesterday.
The Pro Foreman ships out in 4-5 boxes (normally 4 but could be 5 if you included the stiffy option https://www.onefinitycnc.com/product-page/x-50-stiffy-journeyman ) Weight without the stiffy - 195 lb Box Dimensions - 3 boxes @ 68" x 14" x 11" and 1 box @ 18" x 9" x 8"
Weight with Stiffy - 225 lbs Box Dimensions - 3 boxes @ 68" x 14" x 11", 1 box @ 66" x 10" x 9", and 1 box @ 18" x 9" x 8"

You are able to use other routers than the Makita one. However, Dewalt does have a 68 mm diameter as the Makita has 65 mm diameter.

If there is anything else we can assist with, please let us know.

Thank you
Best Regards,
Onefinity Team

@MyersWoodshop sells a 80mm to 68mm (dewalt) adapter shim on his esty for the onefinity here:

Onefinity 80mm to 69mm Reduction Shim. Perfect Fit for the Dewalt Compact...

[RocRat (Troy Bethel)]

Thank you for rapid response. I have passed on the info to the transport company and await a reply .

I have another question if I may .
What is the lead time from order and payment to delivery in Miami Florida for the Pro Foreman ? I will be traveling a bit in the next couple months and don’t want to be away when the shipment arrives

[OnefinityCNC (Onefinity Support)]

Lead times here, as always: https://www.onefinitycnc.com/order-info

[Aiph5u (Aiph5u (not affiliated with Onefinity))]

Hey Troy,

@RocRat

Why do I not see to many Dewalt DW routers or one of the other brands featured with onefinity machines ?

Onefinity offers milling motor mounts with 65 am 80 mm. The Dewalt DWP611 hand trim router has 68 mm so does not fit.

The hand trim routers Makita RT0702C, or better, since with real ER collet (far superior to Makita collet), the Carbide ER-11 Compact Router - Carbide 3D or the MakerMade CNC Router with ER-11 collet, have 65 mm diameter. See here for details. 80 mm is for 80 mm cylindrical spindle like Mechatron HFS-8022 (liquid-cooled) or HFSAC-8022 (air-cooled)

Welcome to the forum!

[RocRat (Troy Bethel)]

Thank you for the info . Only problem is my power is 110 v 60 hz so non of the European options help me . I am leaning towards a water cooled spindle more than a router for a whole bunch of reasons . Was just wondering why the Makita seemed so popular.

[Aiph5u (Aiph5u (not affiliated with Onefinity))]

Hey Troy,

there is a version of Makita hand trim router for girly power called Makita RT0701C (it even has imperial collets sizes), and the Carbide ER-11 Compact Router - Carbide 3D, and the MakerMade CNC Router with ER-11 collet are available for 110 V too.

By the way, 230 V is not the “European” option, but the whole world option (except North and Latin America).

@Aiph5u

– Source: SomnusDe, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Image: Mains electricity by country

Regarding spindles, …

@Aiph5u

…if you want to run a 2.2 kW spindle on 120 V, the needed rated input current of the VFD will be higher than any domestic circuit in the U.S. is able to provide. That is the reason why Omron/Hitachi produce VFDs for 120 V only for spindles up to 0.75 kW, and why cheap chinese VFD “manufacturers” simply omit the rated input on their VFD nameplates and manuals (see here). That’s also why Daniel of PwnCNC says he does not offer a kit for 2.2 kW @ 120 V. They offer only 1.5 kW @ 120 V, or 2.2 kW @ 240 V.

@Aiph5u

@Aiph5u

I would always avoid considering 110 V VFDs/spindles except if you stay with 0.75 kW mechanical motor output at maximum, because with higher power, with 100 V class you need too big wires/fuses. In the U.S. you usually have split-phase electricity which means you can use a 240 V outlet (e.g. a NEMA 6 or NEMA 14) for higher power devices like VFDs/spindles.

Be aware that when you buy a spindle, …

@Aiph5u

on chinese spindles, the power rating is often wrong.

People who intend to buy a 110 V VFD for a 2.2 kW spindle motor should always be aware that

1. serious VFD manufacturers don’t produce VFDs for the 100 V class stronger than 0.75 kW and that
2. those manufacturers who do offer them, simply omit the rated input current and input power in kVA both in the manual and on the nameplate, in order to make people in 110 V countries believe they can get away with a 30 A circuit. If you simply calculate what the rated current at the expected input power would be on a 110 V 2.2 kW output VFD, if it wasn’t omitted and they would write it on the nameplate or into the manual, no U.S. citizen would buy it as there are no circuits in domestic environment that deliver 110 V with more than 30 A.

For higher power devices like VFDs/spindles, ovens, air conditioners, electric heaters, car chargers, etc., there is 240 V, because for the same power (kW) of your device, you need only half the current, which means half the wire strength and half the fuse strength, as explained here.

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[RocRat (Troy Bethel)]

You’re forgetting Japan ,108 v Brasil has 115v and 230v 60 hz , parts of Argentina as well . In fact most of South America is 220 or 230 v .The US does have 220 v 60 hz as well as 208 v 60 hz , 360 v 60 hz and 480 v 60 hz . I’m sure you’re just taking a dig at girly power , but no matter , it still gets the job done

[Aiph5u (Aiph5u (not affiliated with Onefinity))]

Hey Ron,

@RocRat

@Aiph5u

By the way, 230 V is not the “European” option, but the whole world option (except North and Latin America).

@Aiph5u

– Source: SomnusDe, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Image: Mains electricity by country

You’re forgetting Japan ,108 v Brasil has 115v and 230v 60 hz , parts of Argentina as well . In fact most of South America is 220 or 230 v .

Okay, you are right:

So now I write:

“By the way, 230 V is not the “European” option, but the whole world option (except North and the middle part of Latin America and Japan.”

– Source: SomnusDe, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Image: Mains electricity by country

@RocRat

The US does have 220 v 60 hz as well as 208 v 60 hz , 360 v 60 hz and 480 v 60 hz . I’m sure you’re just taking a dig at girly power , but no matter , it still gets the job done

I don’t see the point of mentioning this because I refered to the usual electricity in domestic areas, which is split-phase electricity in the U.S. which provides 120 V and 240 V (the latter for heaters, ovens, air conditioners, table saws, router tables, dust collection systems, and also CNC spindles.) etc., and I did not refer to three-phase electricity as found in industrial and commercial areas. The map does not intend to show such.

For exact details on both single-phase domestic and three-phase electricity, and also on the plugs used, see this list of voltage, frequencies and plugs for every country. E.g. in Europe we have three-phase electricity everywhere as domestic electricity, which provides 230 V between one hot and neutral, and 400 V between each of the three phases.

I just wanted to point on the fact that the 200-240 V class is no “European” option, but the most wide spread voltage in the world. And that the 100-127 V class is unknown outside of North America and the center part of Latin America, and Japan.

[JimHatch]

@Aiph5u

And that the 100-127 V class is unknown outside of North America and the center part of Latin America, and Japan.

Ummm…so nearly half the earth?

Western hemisphere shaming going on here eh?