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    Spindle Question

    Was curious if anyone has tried to use a stepper motor as a spindle? If so what you think? (Good/Bad idea?)
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    Stepper spindle???

    I din't think you have the speed req'd for a router, or for metal cutting for that matter!

    Regards,
    Jack C.

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    And the faster you spin them, the less torque they make.

    Someone, elsewhere, suggested the possibility of using a brushless motor. LOT's of speed. But again, there's the question of torque.

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    THanks for the replies. Just trying to figure out inexpensive, physically small and hold up to a 1/4 inch shank.
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    That may be a tough equation to solve.

    How's that go?... "You can have it cheap, fast, or right. Pick any two."

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    lol "Cheap, Fast or Right.. pick any two...." I love that. Am gonna use it. Printing it out on big letters and sticking it on my lab wall now. Thank you
    I love deadlines- I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.

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