Inverter

Try this Paul better quality Mitsubishi where i had a 2.2kw from in 2017, yet to wire it up. They were that much cheaper delivered than any where else at the time even with an extra filter £25 ish thrown in.

**LINK**

Currently use a Direct Drives 1ph to 3ph 400v+ 10hp last 8 years absolutely useless for help, you dont want to know the price, more than doubled.

Beauty is you will only have to buy a new 2hp motor, personally i would go 3hp and an invertor. No messing about as theres no trips to wire in being a clutch. Cost of a rewound motor would exceed a new foreign motor.

On my old scrapped 140 1ph 240v i could face off 5 1/4" round aluminium 6082 taking 1/2" depth of cut power cross feed at 1000 rpm. Dont get me wrong it moaned but proved a point.
In fact theres a piccy on here taken about 2002.

Thanks Jon and thanks for the link

On a serious note I can endorse Mitsubishi VFDs, the one in the link above includes E8 washing machine software ? ​​​​​​​

I was one forum member (suggested by John Rudd on page 1) who posted vfd parameter settings in the following thread:

VFD Choice

Read to the end to get the full story and don't be put off by the manual. It's not well written in my opinion, but, working through with common sense and help from others on the forum, anything is possible.

John

Thanks for shouting up John....Nice to know there are folk prepared to share...

Thank you both very much