Re: Motor sizing

That feed rate should be 3" per second. 180" per min.

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., Steve Blackmore <steve@p...> wrote:
> On Sat, 29 Jun 2002 19:12:38 -0000, you wrote:
>
>
> >I think I read somewhere it only takes 10lbs of force to rout a
piece
> >of wood with a 1/2" cutter, 3/4" deep, at 3"/min feed?
>
> Surely that depends on the cutters rotational speed?
>
> Would you really cut that slow on wood? A commercial Komo machine I
> saw was running at 3000 inches a minute! Frightening!!!
>
> Steve Blackmore
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