Welcome aboard, Steve, and you have asked a very good question. I do not use any three phase myself, however, I have watched my next door neighbor run a Bridgeport clone and a big lathe with a solid state converter very well with no problems. Al Messer --- Sehwuk@xxxxxxx wrote: > Chaps > > My first post and it's a question for any and > all to answer :- Has > anybody out there got, or used, phase converters ?. > I'm just on the verge of > building the new workshop for an attempt at a 41/2" > Burrell but will need bigger > machinery than I have at the moment, which really > means going to 3 phase. I > have heard good and bad things abut these bits of > kit but would rather hear > from people in the know (as it were). I have > definately been told that a rotary > will be better than a solid state. ALL replies, good > or bad, will be most > welcome. > > Steve > Bodgers Retreat, Burwell > > MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. > > To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email > to, > modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word > "unsubscribe" in the subject line. > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.