3 phase stuff

I now have two 3-phase machines.

I think I’m getting a habit.

Anyway I have one of them running on a VFD and it’s working
okay.

The machine I just got however has 2 motors and you turn
them on or off as you want them. It’s a line drill and one
motor turns half the drills and the other turns the others.

To run it on VFD I think I’d need 2 units and so forth, 2 power
cords and all that. From what I’ve read there is a way to run
2 identical motors off one VFD but then I’m bypassing the
or replacing switches on the front of the machine, etc… and
it gets to be a rewiring project rather than a just-get-it-running
project.

I though I could just run it through a static converter I could
bolt inside the cabinet, but from what I’ve read the static
converters won’t start 2 motors.

So I’m looking at getting 2 static converters, 2 VFDs or
maybe biting the bullet and getting into the expense of
a rotary converter.

Any advice?

The machine will be run only intermittently and motor
overloading is unlikely.