Brian Altop
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After almost 10 years working for someone else I am going into bus. for myself after being laid off. Right now I am finishing up my shop, changing it into a production shop. I will be purchasing a shaper and a new table saw (saw stop). I have the option then of choosing 3phase machines and it is an option to have 3phase installed. I was told by the Elec. Comp. that they just had to drop a line to the house. (haven't heard back on the cost of that yet).
I understand the theory behind the 3phase, just wondering if it was truly worth it and if there was truly that much of a diff in performance.
I will be doing custom floors, cabinets, trim, and other specialty projects including furniture. Probably making my own flooring for individual rooms/hallways and milling my own lumber for cabinets will be the biggest 'production' task I will be putting through the machines. I'm sure the standard 1phase 220 machine will handle it just fine.
Also, since there are only 2 or 3 machines that I'm going to upgrade that have the option of 3 phase would it be worth it?(table saw, shaper, planer)
Just curious if it was worth looking into.
Thanks,
Brian
I understand the theory behind the 3phase, just wondering if it was truly worth it and if there was truly that much of a diff in performance.
I will be doing custom floors, cabinets, trim, and other specialty projects including furniture. Probably making my own flooring for individual rooms/hallways and milling my own lumber for cabinets will be the biggest 'production' task I will be putting through the machines. I'm sure the standard 1phase 220 machine will handle it just fine.
Also, since there are only 2 or 3 machines that I'm going to upgrade that have the option of 3 phase would it be worth it?(table saw, shaper, planer)
Just curious if it was worth looking into.
Thanks,
Brian