Hey Derek, hey Pat @PezWoodworks,
that may be true, but that is no reason to recommend people to attach an electric device to a supply circuit that cannot cope with the device’s input current rating.
As I said in an older thread with this point raised, I would never recommend to attach an electrical device to a supply circuit that is not capable to deliver its input current rating.
And an electrician is surely not allowed too (you already answered on this one (where you made a difference if you were at work and being in your workshop)).
Maybe people who mill wood or make only signs or cutting boards or flags will never consume as much as the rated input current, but it is possible with extremely hard woods like black locust, and a big enough bit and aggressive depth of cut, ramp and stepover settings. See here how easy it is to draw the VFD to its limit in this video that draws up to 10 A current from the output of the VFD (video) (after a delay that VFDs leave to the overload situation, it would have tripped).