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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.

Thanks @mikecha, very useful information. I'll try out different wire speeds and voltage on some scrap metal to try and get something resembling a weld.

Having a few issues learning proper MIG welding and would love an hour of someone's time to show me basics do's and don'ts of it.