On Mar 21, 9:47*am, FBsFinest wrote:
Looks like eBay will be my best source for the motor. I'm a bit
surprised that no one has responded that owns a 3 PH powered shaper.
Either these users are rare or I'm not reaching them. I'm guessing the
manual starter is the harder piece to find so I'm glad I have
something close (maybe exact). 1 PH Atlas motors show up on eBay quite
often so a 3 PH listing should show up - staying optimistic. For now I
have a brand new in the box Baldor that will get me going. The shaper
needs a good cleaning so that will take some time. Maybe by then an
Atlas motor will show up. Thanks for the replies. Gary R.

There's really NO advantage to 3-phase in such an application, you
aren't going to be doing instant reversals on a shaper.
The only "advantage", if you see it that way, is making all the plugs
and sockets the same. You'd
probably find 3-phase shaper owners in the 2-3+ hp class. Those would
be big beasts,
NOT originally home shop class like the Atlas. Hook it up to single
phase and start making chips.

Stan