Yes, Jaime is using a VFD to power a 3 phase air compressor in his garage. Looks like I’ll probably go that route.
Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 8, 2023, at 5:00 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > On Sun, Jan 8, 2023, at 16:37, Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes wrote: >> Wow thank you! Unfortunately, I can’t inspect it in person as it’s in >> Chicago. I’m buying it as a bundle package with an English wheel that I >> want so I can only go by what the seller tells me, the history of the >> lathe and photos! Another issue is that it’s a 3 phase machine so I >> have to figure out how to run it on my residential service. > > I knew a guy that had set up a machine shop in his gargage, he somehow used > an extra three-phase motor (maybe as a generator?) to create three-phase > power in the shop. Nowadays I think variable frequency drives are the way to > do this electronically. > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
