"robo hippy" wrote in message
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For turning 1x12 inch spindles, 1000 rpm
is very slow, 3000 or more is fine. The speed sounds scary, but when
you think about it, it is a matter of 'feet per minute'. A 12 inch bowl
at 500rpm is going at the same of more fpm than a 1 inch spindle (I
didn't do the exact math, but you get the idea). The more I turn, the
more comfortable I am at higher speeds, as long as the lathe and what I
am turning isn't shaking too much.

SNIP

Roy Underhill is on in an hour and a half. Love watching him take a curl
off while rotating the piece at less than 1 rpm....