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A few weeks ago I bought a Fadal VMC15 from work for $2k. I rented a truck and drug it home and unloaded it with a rented forklift.
I bought a 25hp motor off ebay and a phase converter panel. About a month ago I did a power upgrade for my shop and house and now have 200 amps in the shop and house. I'm glad I did that, I only had 70 amps in the shop when I bought the house.
With Jim Dawson's help I got the phase converter wired up yesterday and fired the machine up. The converter is much quiter than I thought it would be for such a large motor. Everything seems to run just fine. The mill is still on the machinery skates and not leveled yet. I wanted to leave room on the corner behind the mill to get the phase converter moved into place and everything wired up. Next weekend I'll move it into the final position and level it and hopefully make some chips.
With the converter and moving cost I have a little over $4k into it. I had tooling left over from my old shop thankfully.
I bought a 25hp motor off ebay and a phase converter panel. About a month ago I did a power upgrade for my shop and house and now have 200 amps in the shop and house. I'm glad I did that, I only had 70 amps in the shop when I bought the house.
With Jim Dawson's help I got the phase converter wired up yesterday and fired the machine up. The converter is much quiter than I thought it would be for such a large motor. Everything seems to run just fine. The mill is still on the machinery skates and not leveled yet. I wanted to leave room on the corner behind the mill to get the phase converter moved into place and everything wired up. Next weekend I'll move it into the final position and level it and hopefully make some chips.
With the converter and moving cost I have a little over $4k into it. I had tooling left over from my old shop thankfully.