Mobius1ac
Plastic
- Joined
- Apr 15, 2023
- Location
- Grand Forks, ND
I recently bought a 1941 Motor Generator 10EE Lathe. I am in the middle of restoring it but have no access to 3 phase power, so I'm trying to get it running on single phase. I will post a picture of the AC motor plate when I get home, but the 240v is covered in stamps and is unreadable and the phase number has both a 3 and a 2 stamped on top of each other.
I have decided to try and keep the original MG setup and have looked into Rotary Phase Converters. A full on converter is expensive, but you can buy just the control panel. If you do this, you need an additional idler motor to get the third phase.
My question is: can you use the AC motor as the idler and run the lathe off of that?
I have decided to try and keep the original MG setup and have looked into Rotary Phase Converters. A full on converter is expensive, but you can buy just the control panel. If you do this, you need an additional idler motor to get the third phase.
My question is: can you use the AC motor as the idler and run the lathe off of that?