Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Dan's Toolpost grinder

Tim Goldstein wrote:

> Seems to me that if you have a 1/2 hp 10k rpm motor and run it through
> a 3:1
> reduction you now have torque that is more equivalent to a 1-1/2 hp
> motor.
> If this is so, than the 1/2 hp motor with no reduction will be weak.

No, it has the torque of a 1/2 Hp motor at 3333 RPM. A 1/2 Hp low speed
motor has more
torque than a 1/2 Hp high speed motor.

Jon