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I'll take a look Question - has anyone ever used Inverter Drive Supermarket? (https://inverterdrive.com)

Mark Been looking at the Bearing Boys website. I've never used them however they seem to have a decent range of pulleys. I'm after a 3-groove pulley with a 24mm bore to suit the motor. From their site, it seems that you buy the pulley (e.g. Dunlop cast iron pulley) then the bush to suit it...

Brilliant post Andy! It's very tempting to go ahead and modify the motor myself (of course, would have to dust off the old Multi meter!). I've not done any electrical work like this in a long time now... :D How long did it take you to do this? Definitely worth thinking about..

Yes, been looking at replacement pulley's too :)

Thanks for your post Deema... So since I've purchased the table saw, I've had numerous around single phase vs three phase motors and the use of an inverter vs starter and everyone seems to recommend the use of three phase motors for various reasons (more torque, more efficiency, lower run...

Thanks Mark - I'm looking to make a start on the restoration very soon now (my wife has me painting the house at the moment). I will definitely give you a shout as and when I get stuck :)

Andy, Spoke to a motor rewinding company regarding the conversion from star to delta. Their response was basically that as the motor was so old, there was a high probability that whilst re-wiring the motor, they may experience a wire break meaning that a full rewind would be needed. This would...

Hello All... Latest update - I've decided on a motor and inverter. What do you think of the following?: Siemens V20 2.2kW 230V 1ph to 3ph AC Inverter Drive, C2 EMC Brook Crompton Series 10 IE2 2.2kW (3HP) Three Phase Motor 230V/400V 2P 90L B3 The digital inverters were just too expensive for...

Yes, I did see that - expertly done. How did you attach the sheet metal to the MDF? I presume it wan't mechanical and you used some sort of adhesive (Contact adhesive / Gorilla Glue?). Just thinking that if I can't get hold of a replacement extension in cast iron, I'll also be going down this...

That's beautifully done! Looks very much like the original and you say you used MDF? As promised, I've attached some pictures of my recent purchase: Needs a lot of work to bring it up to spec (hammer)

Interesting - so for my garage, I will actually have a 'ring mains' which will be hooked up to a 32A MCB. I'm hoping that if I get a VFD with soft-start, the start-current will be significantly less than that (~10 - 15A?). The motor plate specifies a full-load current of 5.8A (although I...

Thanks Andy, so I've found a couple of companies that deal with motor rewinding. I'll give them a call to see what they can do about re-wiring it. This is a 4HP (3KW) motor but I can't seem to find any documentation on it which tells me what the start-up current is. I'll give Direct Drives a...

Thanks Andy This will probably be the only 415V item I'll have in my (tiny) workshop.. Everything else will be 240V Looking at pricing: A 240V digital inverter will cost ~£330 and the motor a further £150 (total of £500 including delivery) A 3HP digital inverter with voltage conversion =...

Yep, will try and take some pics this weekend

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