Grizzly G0602 VFD conversion

[stevec]

Highpower,

Steve,
I'll bet the motor sounded funny too right? But it did TURN on it's own? That is baby step #1.
Baby step #2 is turn the frequency up and down to see if the speed changes as it should.
Baby step #3 is to put a light load on the shaft (I used a shop towel and my Kung Fu grip ©  ) to see if it has any torque. If not, you most likely don't have the motor parameters in the VFD set correctly.

No, the motor did not sound funny. Yes it did turn on it's own and would reverse via the VFD controls, and the speed would adjust up & down.
I installed it on the drill press but it wouldn't turn the spindle (which I could easily turn by hand) so I believe my next step would be to
have the motor checked out by a competent shop.
Thanks for the efforts to help. I have mounted another "single phase" motor on the machine for now will adjust the speed via the step pullys.
If I eventually get the 3 phase motor checked and find it is somehow deficient I may search for another 3 phase motor to try.

Thanks again for your efforts.

Steve