Do they make soft starters for 3 phase wide belt sanders? I saw a post on another site where some of the posters were saying that this might be possible. I have a 10hp Cantec wide belt and it pulls 100+ amps on startup giving me issues with my electrical setup. Once it runs for a few seconds the load decreases drastically. I know that a VFD will do this but a VFD for a 10hp wide belt sander is expensive. If I went the VFD route would it also require separate VFD’s for the feed motor and table elevation motors? If so, we are talking $1,500 to $2,000+ in VFD’s. I have a 25hp RPC but it can’t handle the start up load my sander has. I am having 3 phase power ran to my shop soon so the RPC won’t be needed but my shop has an old very large main panel that is already 3 phase it is just setup for single phase until they get the supply reworked. I can get 100amp breakers for $150 but anything over 100amps for this panel is $700+ with the necessary install kit for those large 6 space breakers. Long story short, I am just curious if anyone knows of a soft starter that would work here? Any links?