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    Lincoln DC welder and VFD.

    And run it on single phase? I have a 220v rotory phase converter to but its not very balanced between phases.
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    1910 Atlas power hammer

    Its 125 LBS, I am an artist blacksmith
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    Lincoln DC welder and VFD.

    I am in Newzealand, I have never seen a horozontal one but have seen photos, we have a kind of mud wasp but nothing to those dirt dobber things you have,
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    Lincoln DC welder and VFD.

    I collect vintage tools and mechanics, I couldn't give a rats ass if its not as good as a modern welder
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    1910 Atlas power hammer

    I its running a 3 phase motor on 400v from a vfd
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    1910 Atlas power hammer

    I had a new sowplate made from a solid 200kg block of 1045 and got a 11kw VFD witch runs the hammer fine from single phase.
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    Lincoln DC welder and VFD.

    Hello I am looking at getting an Australian made Lincoln bullet DC welder, its the vertical one, I understand they have an ac motor that can do 240v and 400v that runs the DC welding generator. I dont have 3 phase as it dosnt dun down our road, Would this work on a 11kw 400v vfd? I understand a...
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    RPC questions

    I am in newzealand and USA stuff might not be compatible? I have written 3 replys but they disappeared
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    RPC questions

    I need around 400v to run the motor on the hammer, its pree WW2, it won't work on 220v, it has no power but it dose run, I am thinking of getting a VFD witch dose 220 to 400v but people say they don't last, an electrical engineer looked over my phase converter and sed its ok, its very basic, it...
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    RPC questions

    I dont have capacitors apart from a start cap, i measured the voltage between the 3 phases on the output, I can mesure from the center of the Y from the idol motor if needed?
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    RPC questions

    I am getting 220V, 160V, 180V between the phases, shouldn't 3 phase be 400v?
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    RPC questions

    I tried it in delta and it just popped the fuse, I found out the motor I am trying to run because its old its actually the size of a 6 hp or bigger even tho it rated at 3 hp and its British HP witch is different , i got a 30 hp motor to use as the idol motor but its only got 3 terminals. I cant...
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    RPC questions

    I have a 10hp RPC I made meany years ago, it works ok but now I want to run a bigger power hammer, the RPC idle motor is wired in Y, would it work better if it was Delta?
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    1910 Atlas power hammer

    Thank you all for the advice, I managed to get a tool maker to look at it and he sed just run it how it is its fine and will probably last another 120 odd years, i put it all together and just set it till it turned nicely and i could see slight movement if i put a crowbar under each end...
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    1910 Atlas power hammer

    Thanks for the replys it dose not have babbit but plane cast iron bearings, i am getting about 0.5mm play if i shim it till it turns nicely. I am trying to get a rool maker to take a look at it, I am worried it will get damaged flapping around
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