yes no maby get out of here!!

[handlewanker]

Hi Al, I've got a VFD, at 1HP, marvelous unit, gonna use it on my bandsaw, paid A$280 on Ebay from a local seller, but the mill motor is 2KW with a feed motor and coolant pump as well.
To get another VFD for 2HP would cost the earth, or at least A$400 +.
I can rig up a phase converter pretty cheap, and the speed control to my way of thinking is a luxury when I've already got a multi pulley belt system on the mill.
The real advantage of 3ph motors is they're so available at rock bottom prices.
I bought one at 3HP for $50, can't argue with that.
Ian.

[omegaghost]

well just to clear the water it is a 2 hp dc motor. got the motor and the driver for it for 200.00. i keep the vari-speed set up on it so that i might be able to take advantige of better ratios at the 1725 rpm to 8 rpm ratio it could double as a whinch to ha ha. i do like it thank you all for you"re help it has been educational