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I’ve Been thinking about doing a 1 to 3 phase conversion on my grizzly g0791 lathe/mill combo,the biggest combo that’s made.
Here’s where im going to run into a problem. Since the lathe and mill are two seperate motors and all wired together in line through switches so you can’t run both at the same time,how would I wire a vfd but still use the single phase for the mill? I’m lost as lost can be.
Side note: Honestly I would like to be able to use both at the same time so I could take advantage of power feed, and in that case I know I would have to have two vfd’s.
Or if I can find a 3 phase motor that will fit my mill,can two motors be wired through one vfd or would I need to buy two?
Whichever way I go, the only way I will be able to do this, is with help from someone that is familiar with this. I’m not an idiot and I catch on extremely fast and I’ve wired single phase and 4 and 3 wire 3 phase but I’ve never had to do a fresh build. I can do iso drawing for pipe but you show me an electrical schematic and it’s alien language.
I’d appreciate the help,thanks
Here’s where im going to run into a problem. Since the lathe and mill are two seperate motors and all wired together in line through switches so you can’t run both at the same time,how would I wire a vfd but still use the single phase for the mill? I’m lost as lost can be.
Side note: Honestly I would like to be able to use both at the same time so I could take advantage of power feed, and in that case I know I would have to have two vfd’s.
Or if I can find a 3 phase motor that will fit my mill,can two motors be wired through one vfd or would I need to buy two?
Whichever way I go, the only way I will be able to do this, is with help from someone that is familiar with this. I’m not an idiot and I catch on extremely fast and I’ve wired single phase and 4 and 3 wire 3 phase but I’ve never had to do a fresh build. I can do iso drawing for pipe but you show me an electrical schematic and it’s alien language.
I’d appreciate the help,thanks
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