Originally Posted by zephyr9900  Why, a 1978 REO Speedwagon album, of course! |
Excellent. I had forgotten about that album, and I graduated from High School in 1978. I guess I'll move on to pirate jokes...
I think that 6K RPM would not be any problem at all. When I did the calibration by the book, I ended up slowing the spindle down a little bit. I'll play around a little tonight to see what's available in the calibration range. A 20% increase will get me over 6100 RPM.
You mentioned before about the brake not working with E-Stop. Mine has only done that one time, and I was surprised when it happened. It may depend on what Mach is doing at the time, because it should know when you hit E-Stop. Every other time I have hit E-Stop, the spindle brake worked like normal, and the spindle stopped in seconds. I don't remember what was different about that one time, but I remember that it was more of an E than the other times (I think it was when the set screw loosened and the endmill was diving deeper and deeper and about to hit the vise).
Regards,
- Just Gary