I pulled the motor on my ancient shaper tonight. Its nameplate was full of surprises. The first one is it's a 220/440 3 phase motor, 3/4 hp, which draws TWENTY FIVE AMPS at 220 volts. Gotta be starting surge.
Reason I'm posting is the motor is an obsolete 161 frame. I'm wondering if any of you geniuses have an old electrical book that has frame specs for a 161 frame. I'm idly contemplating a single-phase conversion for this machine.
Grant