Greetings All,
I recently scored a very nice Oliver wood lathe on a local school auction. I haven't yet got to the motor but I would be doubtful that it is any larger than 1-1/2 HP. Of course, it has a 3-phase motor and I don't have 3-phase power...not even along my country road. I don't wish to become an expert on VFD's, so I'm hoping one of the Creekers out there can tell me "go buy model XXX and you won't be disappointed". There seems to be lots and lots of off-shore manufacturers on-line. I'm suspicious of products that don't have a brand name. I'm not usually a lowest price buyer...The way my brain works, I'm wondering if it make sense to pick a make and model that would, say, handle up to 5 hp and use that one as a default standard for any future applications so the panel arrangement, operation, wiring, programming etc. is all consistent. That might be a fools errand, but I want to hear what you guys would do. A rotary phase converter install, while appealing, is not a practical solution at this point. I'm open to any and all suggestions. Thanks in advance.