Gene Heskett wrote: > On Monday 24 November 2008, Andrew Ayre wrote: >> Gene Heskett wrote: >>> There is, and I forgotten the name, a german maker of such goodies that is >>> very highly thought of, maybe someone will chime in with more details. I >>> believe its about the same diameter as the dremel, but an inch or so >>> longer. >> I am planning on switching to a laminate trim router, perhaps by the end >> of the year. I just don't think a Dremel is up to the job. > > It isn't, way too much rubber in the front shaft mounting. > > How about something with a longer nose, like a Dewalt DW888? Or the higher > priced Makita that has an easily mounted body form.
The Fireball CNC group seem to like the Dewalt D26670. It's 4.5lb compared to the 7.75lb of the DW888 and I think on the size of machine I have weight on the Z-axis is an issue. ... > I don't think so, unless you can scare up another 40 volts to feed the motors > drivers. At about 2.3 amps, and 27 volts, I'm seeing loss of torque when the > going gets hard at about 10 ipm. But my xy screws are 20 tpi too, so that's > actually decent motor rpm. Unloaded and well lubed, 30+ ipm, but don't ask > it to push a bit at that speed. :) I think we are in agreement that it is best to be conservative with how a CNC machine is used to get the best reliability and lifespan. :) So far I don't see any difference in performance between 10IPM and 30IPM, cutting hardwood. But then I'm new to this so I'm probably missing something important... One thing to note is that I never cut more than 0.05" deep in a pass. I'm sure if I cut deeper in a single pass it would be a completely different story. Andy -- Andy PGP Key ID: 0xDC1B5864 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
