Last weekend I bought an old lathe with 20" swing. It came with
a massive 3kW (4hp) 3-phase motor. This draws too much current and
thus I will replace it with a smaller 3-phase motor and variable
frequency drive. I was thinking about to get a 1.1kw (1.5hp) motor.
Would that be powerfull enough for turning larger bowls at lower
speeds?

Frank