On 6 November 2012 13:06, John Thornton <bjt...@gmail.com> wrote: > Depending on the thickness you might not have enough speed to make a > clean cut. It would cut at any speed but might be fugly. On my > Hypertherm 1250 for example with the fine cut consumables mounted the > cut speeds vary from 2286 mm/min to 3174 mm/min for 3.4mm down to 0.6mm > steel.
I am getting rather ahead of myself here, as the machine has yet to move under its own power, but with 750W motors and 5mm ballscrew pitch I might well be able to get up to that sort of speed. The travels are rather small, but possibly still useful. -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LogMeIn Central: Instant, anywhere, Remote PC access and management. Stay in control, update software, and manage PCs from one command center Diagnose problems and improve visibility into emerging IT issues Automate, monitor and manage. Do more in less time with Central http://p.sf.net/sfu/logmein12331_d2d _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
