Salvaged Antique Lumber if anyone is interested

[complete novice]

A sawmill (Hill Country Works) is going out of business in Burnet, Texas. I am not associated with them but I purchased sets of used Forstner Bits and Router bits at a great price. All of the machinery is 3 phase so I guess only businesses would be interested. They specialize in salvaged antique lumber and have a tremendous amount of sawmill cut lumber that would probably be an interest to anyone with the ability to cut and plane the lumber and the person I talked to was very negotiable. Contact: Lee Westphal @ 512 756-6950. Their website is texaswoodwork.com and they describe their lumber there.

[lago]

3 phase equipment can be used by an individual, just need a 220v circuit and get a variable frequency drive. I just restored a vintage 8" jointer w/3 phase motor. The VFD was about $150, lot cheaper than a new motor.

I may be going thru Burnet next week and if so, will stop and poke around.

Thanks for the info.
Ken

[10sCoachRick]

Thanks for the heads up. The fellow who crafted our beautiful mesquite mantel might be interested. He's up Lometa way and BIL in Lampasas is a tree dude and might have some contacts. I'll pass the word.

[samuel]

Ken, I am interested in the information about the 3 phase conversion. I also have a nice planer tha is 3 phase. Can you give more information of where can I get hold of the VFD?

[Tom Slick]

Here's some info

http://www.phaseconverterinfo.com/phaseconverter_vfd.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotary_phase_converter

http://www.metalwebnews.com/howto/ph-conv/ph-conv.html

Manufacturers:

http://www.phase-a-matic.com/

http://www.americanrotary.com/

[lago]

Go to www.factorymation.com and click on 'AC Drives' under products. HP of your motor will determine which model you need. Mine was 1 1/2HP and the FM50 that I got will handle up to 2HP.

If it's an old planer(not sure of their definition of 'old'), check www.owwm.org if you will be doing any restoration work.

Ken

[samuel]

Thanks for the information, the motor is 3hp. I will check the resources you provided, thanks again.