Ignoramus29895 wrote:

Given your ability to find a deal, is there any reason you can't come up with a rpc? I'm
running mine on a Rotophase my uncle found in a dumpster at a oil location he maintained
portapotties at. A motor, a few caps, you are good go to.

I already have a phase converter, but I was hoping I would not need to
use it for the lathe. I have a pile of variable frequency drives, some
are in a bad cosmetic shape (hard to sell) that are quite usable.

i

I don't know enough about VFD's in your application to help you.

It would seem that a motor that is 230/460 which I belive yours in could handle whatever
extra strain a vfd would put on it.

I don't know but would adding some load side capacitance mellow out how your motor reacts?
I'm hoping our EE's on the list have comments on that one.

Wes



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