First, I barely know enough about electrical things to ask this question. Please excuse my ignorance.
I just bought a used lathe which should have a 1.5 HP 3 Phase motor. (this according to specs, I don't have the precise details off the motor as I don't have the lathe yet) This machine has a built-in coolant pump. There is a control panel on the front to run various functions such as on, off, forward, reverse, pump on and off.
I want to feed the lathe whatever it is already wired for so the factory controls work as intended. I don't really care about variable speed control as the lathe has a mechanical version built in.
What seems like an obvious solution is to introduce a phase converter device that is wired into my garage's single phase power that allows the cord and plug on the new machine to simply plug in to a matching receptacle connected to the converter device. I assume that the machine would then be controlled from its front panel as intended when it left the factory. Attached is a photo of the plug on the machine now.
Something like this perhaps? --- http://www.factorymation.com/s.nl/it.A/id.5577/.f?category=15367
Am I on the right track?
I just bought a used lathe which should have a 1.5 HP 3 Phase motor. (this according to specs, I don't have the precise details off the motor as I don't have the lathe yet) This machine has a built-in coolant pump. There is a control panel on the front to run various functions such as on, off, forward, reverse, pump on and off.
I want to feed the lathe whatever it is already wired for so the factory controls work as intended. I don't really care about variable speed control as the lathe has a mechanical version built in.
What seems like an obvious solution is to introduce a phase converter device that is wired into my garage's single phase power that allows the cord and plug on the new machine to simply plug in to a matching receptacle connected to the converter device. I assume that the machine would then be controlled from its front panel as intended when it left the factory. Attached is a photo of the plug on the machine now.
Something like this perhaps? --- http://www.factorymation.com/s.nl/it.A/id.5577/.f?category=15367
Am I on the right track?