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Ok Here IS the answer... Straight from one of the best electrical engineers i have ever met, and i have met a few over the years. Hi Dave, Any AC motor turns when there is a phase shift. But, with a single phase motor the phase shift is developed by some clever phase shifting electrical...

try to email it to your self or pull the card and use a card reader. or bluetooth it to the pc... I need a geek smiley, or maybe a Darth Vader smiley. (r2d2 would be cool as a smiley also) Did R2D2 have a single phase or 3phase motor

I can read fine, just not type to good. lol just ask DH :)

Yeah, what he said.... lol seriously that makes perfect sense (at least to me now) Gimp, you got to change that avatar. :shock: that is just disturbing. :drool: :mrgreen:

Thanks for helping me try to explain it. I hope my information was not to far off target. I am curious to what my electrical engineer friend sends me for a description... This should be good. As soon as i get it, I will post it.

It was explained to me and i will do my best to explain it to you but i am no electrical engineer. (but i know a few so i may ask) Yes the motors spin the same rpm wise but the lower the speed the easier it is to bog down, even stop a single phase motor (if taking a heavy cut or boring a large...

i wouldn't change to a single phase. if you do and need torque at low rpm you wont have it.

Timothy, I didn't know that.

That is verry similar to how my my of the shelf rotary phase converter works. It was a bit complicated for me so my buddie had to wire it.. it didnt make sense to me. 220 in to it to spin the motor and the motor created the 3rd pole that came out. the machine always has 220 going to it, but...

Hey gimp, Congtrats on the mill. These guys are 100% correct that you can build a 3phase converter from a old 3 phase motor. Basically you take a 110 motor and run a belt to turn the 3phase motor. The wires connecter coming out the 3 phase motor is now a 3 phase generator. If the mill motor...