why do i have 7 speeds on my router. just like to know thanks dutchy.
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Because you couldn't afford the one with 8 speeds! ha ha Peter
nice help u are peter .lol
Ok Ok. The router has different speeds because of different woods and the different diameter of cutters. If you have a 2 1/2" diameter cutter spinning at 25000 rpm and a 1/2" diam. cutter spinning at 25000 rpm the larger cutter has a much greater speed at the outside edge than the smaller cutter. Basically, the larger the outside diameter of the cutter the slower you want the bit to turn. Hardwoods, softwoods and endgrain all have some effect on what speed you want as well. There is actually a discussion on this right now called 'cutting speeds for wood' You should check that. Hope this helps 8 speed.
Edited 2/10/2005 3:59 pm ET by Peter36
No, he bought the delux version: the standard model only had 6. -
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I bookmarked the chart Delbert showed us in the thread mentioned above. Here it is:
http://www.thewoodworkerschoice.com/saferouting.htm
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thanks forestgirl i think i got to watch that joker peter! ha ha ha
I thought the question was why 7?
Like, why not 5, or 10, or 50?
But perhaps the real question was 'why variable speed'?
MalcolmNew Zealand | New Thinking
You would appreciate a variable speed router if you worked a diverse range of timbers, and you utilised this great little machine to somewhere near its full capacity- which I sometimes think is only limited by one's own capacity. Also. one would prefer to rotate a 6mm straight bit fast i.e about 15 to 20 thousand rpm, but a big fat panel raising cutter had better go at something under 10 thou- or you will turn into a helicopter.....
mookaroid,
Your right ! One day I got the bright idea of sticking one of those sanding 1 1/2" round sanding columns in my router and sanding an edge. The router flew out of my hands....
"i think i got to watch that joker peter!" Yep, he's a tricky one, that Pete dude, LOL.forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)Another proud member of the "I Rocked With ToolDoc Club" .... :>)
Um, I think those speeds are out of my router's range. But 8 million to 22 million rpm seems a little fast anyway. Should be "8k" etc.
I think this falls in the category of "You know what I mean."
Well, I thought it was funny...
"Um, I think those speeds are out of my router's range. But 8 million to 22 million rpm seems a little fast anyway. Should be "8k" etc. ..."
From A Dictionary of Units of Measurement:
M the Roman numeral 1000, sometimes used in symbols to indicate a thousand, as in Mcf, a traditional symbol for 1000 cubic feet. Given the widespread use of M to mean one million, this older use of M to mean 1000 is very confusing ...
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Edited 2/11/2005 8:52 am ET by BArnold
Bill, in the world of engineering, "M" is the abbreviation for Mega, as in millions (i.e., Mpsi, MPa, Mhz), "k" of course is for "kilo" (kpsi, km, etc.). It's also shorthand, like 18k rpm. The statement "this older use" would also seem to imply (at least to me) that k would be the preferred abbreviation. If I were to present something with 18M instead of 18k, I be not so subtly told to go back and fix my screw-up, and come back later.
Regardless, it should be obvious that a router doesn't spin in the millions of rpm, from which it would follow that I was simply poking a little fun. Hence my statement "You know what I mean."
Try to get a little levity in there, and some anal-retentive ruins the fun. Geez...
Regards,
F (which of course is the abbreviation for "Fred")
router doesn't spin in the millions of rpm..
It IS if ya slip and ya lookin at that BIT!
By the way.. I worked with engineers.. Hell, I were one.. Only 'M' word I ever heard then say had NOTHIN' to do with SPEED!
Edited 2/11/2005 10:13 am ET by Will George
Froed,
" The statement "this older use" would also seem to imply (at least to me) that k would be the preferred abbreviation. If I were to present something with 18M instead of 18k, I be not so subtly told to go back and fix my screw-up, and come back later."
Ahhh...but that is why Latin is the preferred ..it's a dead language..ie. definitions not subject to change. After all, 'k' used to mean 1024 bits too...
"... After all, 'k' used to mean 1024 bits too... "
'k' & 'K' get confusing also.
'K' is typically used to express 2 to the tenth power or 1024, as in 1KB (one KiloByte). Which, in turn, muddies up 'M' when used as MB or MegaBytes. For instance, a 100MB hard drive in a computer system is not 100,000,000 Bytes of storage capacity; it is actually (100 * 1024 * 1024) or 104,857,600 Bytes. Then there's GB.
'K' is also the sybol for 'kelvin', a measurement of temperature wherein 0K (zeroK) is absolute 0 (zero) where molecular activity ceases. The freezing point of water is approzimately 273K, 0 degrees C (celcius), and 32 degrees F (fahrenheit).
'k' is the symbol for the metric prefix kilo-, as in km or kilometers.
Inquiring minds want to know.
(actually, I'm prepping for a Mensa test)
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(actually, I'm prepping for a Mensa test)
I can tell it's not going well. Slainte.RJFurniture
Unfortunately, perhaps it is!!!
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Mensa??
Is that a woman with snakes fer hair?
BArnold,
'Mensa'..isn't that Latin for Manspace???....(lol)
You know, it's funny, I wasn't having a good couple of weeks, and I checked today fully expecting to encounter some grief. But I just gotta say, Will, your response made me laugh, BG's did too (even if it was to Bill), and of course Sgian cuts right to the chase. Heck, Bill, I even learned something from your post.
Thanks guys, believe or not you brightened my mood.
Now, what was the question...
'K' is typically used to express 2 to the tenth power or 1024, as in 1KB (one KiloByte).
How come 1 + 1 + 0 carry one then? Or is that Binary?
Geeeeeeeeeeeeeee
1 + 1 = 0 carry one then.. = = =
Edited 2/13/2005 12:17 pm ET by Will George
What's the abbreviation for kip (1000 pounds)?
Speaking of seven speeds--I started to wonder why there were seven colors in the spectrum (ROYGBIV) when there were three primaries--then there should be three secondaries to make six. Turns out Newton thought seven was a lucky number and picked it--Indigo really shouldn't be in there.
"What's the abbreviation for kip (1000 pounds)? ..."
'kip' is an abbreviation for kilopound
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(actually, I'm prepping for a Mensa test)
++++++++++++++++++++Bill: From my housemate, to whom I was reading the highlights of this thread "Mensa tests are easy. I did them when I was thirteen."Hmm. Perhaps I should also add that said housemate keeps Latin, Greek and classical Arabic texts next to her side of the bed — and reads them to keep her skills up.(This wonderful insight brought to you by the guy who sports a 1.5 cm scar on his right hand, which he acquired in a moment of clumsiness and stupidity, but which proves that old Marples chisels can be sharpened to a very, very sharp edge.)For the general confusion, printers still list paper quantities using "M" for thousands, i.e., 1.5M 8²11 Black2s H2H translates to 1,500 pages 8½x11 inches, black ink, two sides printed head to head. The M is frequently (when handwritten) shown as a capital with a horizontal slash or bar. Most of the printers I know would read 1.5k as 1,500 but would change the expression to M in their own notes. (Mind, this only applies to the old farts.) Then there's reams, quires, basis weights, ems and ens.Ta.Leon Jester
"... Mensa tests are easy. I did them when I was thirteen. ..."
Yeah, well -- we'll see. I was encouraged to take the acceptance test a long time ago and just never did it. Now that I'm retired and the brain is probably affected by one too many brewskies, I'm going for it. I got the home test and will take it today and mail it back. Hopefully, they won't laugh too loud when they receive my test for grading. :)
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