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Hi All,
I’m almost done setting up my garage workshop, and I have some questions about powering the mill and lathe. The rub is that I’m virtually illiterate with respect to electricity.
The mill is a 1976 Bridgeport Series 1 with a 2J Vari-drive head powered by a 1.5-hp 3-phase motor. I’d like to maintain the mill’s native speed control.
It was previously powered by a phase converter using a 3-phase motor, and the setup worked like a charm.
I presently have a 5-hp VFD sitting in a box, but I don’t really understand it. I do not want to use its variable nature and just it to output only whatever is necessary to imitate 3-phase line power. Is that possible?
If it’s not possible for the VFD to do that, I have a spare 3-phase motor I can use as the basis for a phase converter, however it’s only 1.5-hp. Is that enough to power a machine with a 1.5-hp motor?
I’ve attached photos of the shop as it sits, with machines unpowered and the compressor shed unfinished.
I’m almost done setting up my garage workshop, and I have some questions about powering the mill and lathe. The rub is that I’m virtually illiterate with respect to electricity.
The mill is a 1976 Bridgeport Series 1 with a 2J Vari-drive head powered by a 1.5-hp 3-phase motor. I’d like to maintain the mill’s native speed control.
It was previously powered by a phase converter using a 3-phase motor, and the setup worked like a charm.
I presently have a 5-hp VFD sitting in a box, but I don’t really understand it. I do not want to use its variable nature and just it to output only whatever is necessary to imitate 3-phase line power. Is that possible?
If it’s not possible for the VFD to do that, I have a spare 3-phase motor I can use as the basis for a phase converter, however it’s only 1.5-hp. Is that enough to power a machine with a 1.5-hp motor?
I’ve attached photos of the shop as it sits, with machines unpowered and the compressor shed unfinished.