Running a Bridgeport Interact 1 Mk1 on single phase 240v

I am thinking of getting an old Bridgeport Interact 1 with a TNC 145
control because the machine is like new. I want to run it on single
phase and use the 145 control because it will do want I want for now
and I'm used to Heidenhein, later on I will be converting it to PC
control which thanks to other members of this group I know which
direction to go in however that will still be single phase.
So for now I want to power the machine from UK single phase 240v. To
start off I was thinking of powering the main motor with an ABS
single phase to 3 phase controller which will allow me to also
inject D/C to spindle stop. This will draw 18A max 7A normal and
allow me to program soft start to keep big current drains off my
single phase supply, this I'll use anyway PC or TNC ....unless any
one can see a problem here?
I then need to power up the servo and TNC unit. The TNC is no
problem I'll just fit another small transformer but the servos are
fed from a big 3KVA transformer that's wired across 2 of the 420v
phases. What I was hoping to do was get the transformer rewound to
feed in single phase and output the correct voltages of 180-0-180-
380 to the chokes and drive boards. But I guess this is not that
simple because I am dealing with what was supposed to be 2 phases
that are 120 deg apart and my new single phase transformer will not
give me the same wave form so will interact differently with the
chokes, anyone any experiance of this? I feel I'm digging myself a
big hole to fall into, maybe this is why everyone just junks the lot
and fit's Gekos etc. Should I try this route?

My other option is to power the machine from a rotary transformer as
its commonly known, I've found this company www.isomatic.co.uk
who could do a unit and I would be tempted to fit a soft start unit
to the spindle motor to reduce my current spikes then I looked at
the price of the soft start units and the full motor speed
controller is not much more so I'd probably fit the full controler
which means I can now power the motor from single phase agian. So
all I want this rotary transformer for is to get 2 phases for my
servos transformer.. It seems crazey to go to this length just to
power the servos. How else could I power the servos form single
phase?

I'm really only going to cut alloy at low feed rates so all this is
getting complicated, any suggestions?

Graham