Surprisingly enough I have two friends who both run mills (one is a Bridgeport the other is a full size Japanese brand) who use single-phase to 3-phase converte

Surprisingly enough I have two friends who both run mills (one is a Bridgeport the other is a full size Japanese brand) who use single-phase to 3-phase converters. Plugged into a 240V outlet they are essentially motor/generator sets. I was going to use one for a VAX6000 until I figured out the only reason for the 3-phase requirement was the blowers and re-wired it to work on 2-phase.