Calculating lathe hp - tutorial -( was Re: Bishop Wisecarver linear slides

I'm not sure if this will help, it goes more to hp needed for spindle
to make cuts.

Dave

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "Lloyd Leung" <lloyd@l...>
wrote:

> Currently my lathe is CNCed, but the stroke on Schaublin 102N is

very

> short. It's about 90mm x 100mm (Longitudinal x transverse stroke).
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>
>
> So what I'm thinking of doing is removing the XZ gantry and putting

in

> some linear slides that are more to my liking. The size I'm

thinking of

> is 300mm x 100mm.
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>
>
> I'm wondering what amount of force will be exerted onto the ways, if
> cutting titanium, aluminium, and stainless. Aluminium would

probably be

> harmless. But titanium and stainless, they would exert a much

greater

> force into the ways. So my question is how force is being exerted

to

> the ways? Does anyone know how I can calculate this force?
>
>
>
> I know this has to do with the RPM of the spindle, the power of my
> motor, and the depth that I'm cutting at. I would like to figure

out

> how much force is transferred into the lathe. Where can I find a

chart

> or a formula to figure this out?
>
>
>
> The type of linear slides I'm thinking of using are the DualVee

linear

> tracks from Bishop Wisecarver www.bwc.com <http://www.bwc.com/>

they

> are moderately priced [a few hundred Canadian dollars]
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> I am not affiliated with BWC in any capacity. I just found their

system

> very simple. I would like to hear from anyone their thoughts on

their

> products.
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>
> Cheers.
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