[TheForge] Any recommendations on cutoff saws? Brands, etc?

[Jerry Frost]

Thanks Rick, Steve.

This comes up fairly often and I may end up making a 
rotary converter one of these days. Right now I don't 
have any 3ph tools and have avoided them so far. Still, 
the day will probably come and I'll put the question to 
the list as it has been done so many times in the past.

If I asked for it now for future use I'd lose it and 
end up asking again when I needed it so I'll hold off 
till then.

It's good to know you have a few hundred buddies out 
there who can either answer or do almost anything and 
are willing to share. <grin>

Heck, reading further in the thread I see three or four 
URLs to diagrams and directions.

Thanks again,

Frosty
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it ain't real.
Wrought iron is.
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From: "Rick" <rick at smokyforge.com>


> Hi Frosty -
>
>    You said 3 phase is a lot of money, but you can 
> make a very simple rotary phase converter.  Made from 
> an old 3 phase motor that you rope start, it will 
> provide the 3 phase for a smaller motor.  I have a 1 
> hp motor on my lathe and it is 3 phase.  I got a 3 hp 
> 3 phase motor given to me and I rope start it, it 
> jsut sits there idling, not using hardly any 
> electricity, and providing the 3 phase to run the 
> lathe.  Works really well.  It seems older 3 phase 
> motors are really cheap and sometimes given away.  As 
> long as you don't try to run a motor over about 2/3 
> the size of your idler, it should work fine.  Later 
> if you want to, you can add capacitors, and 
> electronics to make it a full converter that wouldn't 
> require rope start.
>
>    If you wish I can post my wiring diagram of my 
> system.
>
> Rick Crawford at Rafter Lazy C
>  Home of Smoky Forge and Lem the Wonder Mule
>   In the middle of Northern Illinois
>
>    http://www.smokyforge.com
>     rick at smokyforge.com
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jerry Frost" <frosty at customcpu.com>
> To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2006 11:36 PM
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Any recommendations on cutoff 
> saws? Brands, etc?
>
>
>>
>> From: "Jerry Frost" <frosty at customcpu.com>
>>
>>
>>> a few seconds but it's a 3hp. 2ph. moose. I don't 
>>> even
>>
>> That was supposed to read 3hp. 3ph. NOT 2ph.
>>
>>
>>
>> Geeze I HATE having to reply to my own posts!
>>
>> <sigh>
>>
>> Frosty
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>> it ain't real.
>> Wrought iron is.
>> The FrostWorks
>>
>> Meadow Lakes, AK.
>>
>> http://www.artmetalradio.com/
>>
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