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Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] How fast is too fast on a Bridgeport?

Posted by Matt Shaver
on 2003-05-23 18:27:49 UTC
On Friday 23 May 2003 12:36, Matt Shaver wrote:
> It's twice as bad as that since, if it's a stock CNC BP, the motors are
> belted to the screws at 2:1. That would mean 12,000 RPM...

After posting this, I remembered that I've seen older Series 1 BPs (Boss 3 & 4
I think) that were belted up 1:1 which gave them a basic resolution of
0.001". Later ones (Boss 5 & 6) are 2:1 with a 0.0005" resolution.

Matt

Discussion Thread

washcomp 2003-05-23 06:16:49 UTC How fast is too fast on a Bridgeport? doug98105 2003-05-23 06:57:36 UTC Re: How fast is too fast on a Bridgeport? Peter R 2003-05-23 07:35:40 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] How fast is too fast on a Bridgeport? Jon Elson 2003-05-23 10:28:29 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] How fast is too fast on a Bridgeport? Matt Shaver 2003-05-23 11:42:34 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] How fast is too fast on a Bridgeport? washcomp 2003-05-23 14:59:24 UTC Re: How fast is too fast on a Bridgeport? Matt Shaver 2003-05-23 18:27:49 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] How fast is too fast on a Bridgeport? Jon Elson 2003-05-23 20:36:50 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: How fast is too fast on a Bridgeport?