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Villa Market seems to have a lot of things that Rimping doesn't carry. Wish they would open a branch up here. Only seen them in Bangkok and Hua Hin.

Humm, nobody has recommended "The Hideaway" yet. Very extensive western and breakfast menu (Thai also). Not far, but easy to miss. Located here. https://maps.app.goo.gl/AkBju4QxxkWDC2G57

Maybe this place has something that would interest you. https://maps.app.goo.gl/3TWaGFpxL57sxXZf8

Well, I finally got the VFD in the mail and connected it up to the motor. Thanks for all the help everyone! Grounded power to L and N, Grounded motor to U and V. good to go, thanks.

Not sure how U1 Z1 and Z2 U2 correspond to W U and V, but his is all that hangs out of the motor I have. There is no terminal strip of any kind that I can see unless it is inside the motor casing.

The motor is currently wired for clock wise rotation so Z1 U2 are paired and U1 and Z2 are paired with L and N connected to them. The 2 capacitors wiring just goes down into the casing and not to any labeled block I can see. If I can get this single phase motor to work the way I want then great, otherwise I'm gonna try and find a place here in town that sells motors to see what is available. Hopefully a 220v 3 phase 2HP with an easy to get to connecting block if I an lucky.

These are the the only wires coming out of my current motor. The one pictured above that has 2 capacitors. The different connections are for rotation direction only. Not sure how/if this can connect to the VFD (once it comes in).

The few wood lathes that you can get here in Thailand use the variable speed pully system. (It's what I have now.) Very similar to what is in all the automatic scooters transmission. These types of lathes start out at about 500-600 RPM and then go up. I want something that I can start from 0 and go up to what I need. There are a lot of lathes from China that I could use, but I am not going to try and import one and be put into debt paying import and duty fees that I have no control over. Once I get the inverter and a few other parts in I will connect it up to my existing lathe and let you all know how well it works.

Lol, ok, thanks again!

got it, thank you sir!

So I will have to remove the capacitor if I want the utilize the reverse function or I just wont be able to use it at all?

The Motor that I currently have is this one, but it is only single phase. I want to add speed control to my wood lathe. It currently has just one speed, FAST.

I am looking for an 2HP 3 Phase 220v motor to connect to this inverter. What do I need to look for in the motor specs to make sure it will work with it?

It's a Flux core MIG, TIG, stick welder. the one part you mentioned @sometimewoodworker about sputtering and pushback was interesting. What was bugging me the most while practicing was all the pushback the wire was doing while welding. Never occurred to me I might be dragging it too fast. I'll give that more attention the next time I get in a practice session.

yea, I'm sure I can use a lot more practice, I just need to be able to dial in the settings better using Flux core to get a better weld pool I think.