On Mar 20, 9:23*pm, "DoN. Nichols" wrote:
On 2011-03-20, FBsFinest wrote:

DoN,

I've been using 3 PH for many years. This is one of those 'I want to
be different ideas'. Most people don't want to deal with 3 PH so I
thought it might be easier to acquire these pieces because users might
want to get rid of them. I have a manual starter that I think is the
one used by Atlas-its a Cutler-Hammer piece. The motor is pretty
straight forward since Atlas put their name on it. I would like to
acquire one of these. This is part of my metalworking enjoyment.

* * * * O.K. *So it is now clear that you really want the plain and
simple three phase with starter.

* * * * This is really the litte 7" shaper? *You won't need that big a
motor for that. *Not even a need for reversing, unless you want jogging,
which is easy enough to do *by hand on a 7".

* * * * Sorry that I don't have the pieces you need. *Not sure that
there were ever very many of those systems made with three phase.

* * * * Good Luck,
* * * * * * * * DoN.

I actually saw an Atlas shaper with a 3-phase motor at a school
auction once,
was a fractional horsepower item IIRC, like 1/2 horse. Motor was a
proprietary thing,
would have taken a lot of work to fit a standard frame single phase
motor. Lots of pieces
missing, so not that great a deal. Same auction also had a Delta
scroll saw with a 1/4 horse
3-phase motor on it, same deal, proprietary motor. Smallest 3-phase
motors I've ever seen. I
guess whoever specced the things to start with wanted the same type of
plugs in the whole shop.
Had a small Baldor grinder, was 3-phase, too. Guess the O.P. should
have been there, although
the stuff didn't go cheap. One bidder on the scroll saw didn't even
know what 3-phase was when I
mentioned it. "Whazzat?" Guess he thought I was trying to discourage
bidders.

Stan