3 Phase Motor Troubleshooting?

I have a mill with a very clean looking three phase rewire that retained all of the original two phase plates.
 
Put the motor back together and take it to your local favorite motor shop and have them check what voltage it runs on. Lets hope it is 230 volts. If it runs on 460 volts, you will know for sure it is. They shouldn't charge just for doing that I wouldn't think.
 
Only hitch is that he'll have to bring the whole machine to them, the motor is part of the frame.
Maybe the motor shop could just tell you based on the ohm readings what voltage it is expecting...
Mark
 
Mark is right. I would have to take a @500 pound 1hp to the shop. The jointer is direct drive. The motor and the cutter head are all the same assembly. Hence my concern for the motor. I can’t just toss the old motor and replace it with another. If I could I would have instantly replaced it with a single phase motor and ya'll never would have known that I had a problem ;-)
Randy
 
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