Trofenstein
Aluminum
- Joined
- Feb 4, 2012
- Location
- DuPage County, Illinois
Hey all,
So I'm in the market for a mill, most likely I'll end up purchasing a BP (Yes, Yes, groan all ye' want) since its within my price range, parts are easy to come by, and there is a ton of info on the web about them. So now for my dilemma. I live in the Chicago-land area, and we have the standard US power grid, 120+, 120-, and Ground. So Now for my question.
Im looking into getting a three-phase mill, and lathe in the near future. These rickety old benchtop ones are a pain. (Nothing like seeing the table shake as you do any sort of cutting xD)
So I'm a tad confused as to how I should go about wiring this stuff up. I'm failry good at circuitry and logic circuits, but AC is a bit of a different demon. So if Im running a 3 phase motor I know I will need to make/buy a rotary phase converter. Now, 3 phase power has 4 wires, 3 hot and a neutral? So If I am wiring up a rotary converter, would I connect my arbitrarily + wire to a motor terminal, and the - to the neutral pole? Will I have to make the neutral terminal on my machine the -120v? I'm a tad bit confused :P I just wish I had my physics book handy...
So I'm in the market for a mill, most likely I'll end up purchasing a BP (Yes, Yes, groan all ye' want) since its within my price range, parts are easy to come by, and there is a ton of info on the web about them. So now for my dilemma. I live in the Chicago-land area, and we have the standard US power grid, 120+, 120-, and Ground. So Now for my question.
Im looking into getting a three-phase mill, and lathe in the near future. These rickety old benchtop ones are a pain. (Nothing like seeing the table shake as you do any sort of cutting xD)
So I'm a tad confused as to how I should go about wiring this stuff up. I'm failry good at circuitry and logic circuits, but AC is a bit of a different demon. So if Im running a 3 phase motor I know I will need to make/buy a rotary phase converter. Now, 3 phase power has 4 wires, 3 hot and a neutral? So If I am wiring up a rotary converter, would I connect my arbitrarily + wire to a motor terminal, and the - to the neutral pole? Will I have to make the neutral terminal on my machine the -120v? I'm a tad bit confused :P I just wish I had my physics book handy...