The Saga that is my Conquest mini-lathe re-furb.

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Although I know how it works,But I can not build it, he is more than my knowledge and ability，The motor is the same as the computer's hard drive motor， in Industrial products, usually using arm cpu control。
I think maybe you can buy a 50v BLDC driver, check the windings, try it can work at low voltage, or make low voltage winding for it ,Brushless motor winding is very simple, you can refer to some brushless motor design method, you only need some enameled wire and calculation