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Cutting Speeds

Cutting Speeds Conversion Table

Diameter Feet Per Minute More...		10	15	20	25	30	40	50	70	100
Inches	M/M's	3	4.5	6	7.5	9	12	15	21	30
1/16	1.6	611	916	1222	1527	1833	2445	3056	4278	6112
	2	485	728	970	1212	1455	1941	2426	3397	4853
3/32	2.5	407	611	815	1017	1222	1630	2037	2852	4075
1/8	3	306	458	611	765	917	1222	1528	2139	3056
	3.5	277	415	554	692	831	1108	1386	1940	2772
5/32	4	244	367	489	610	733	978	1222	1711	2445
	4.5	222	333	444	555	666	889	1111	1555	2222
3/16	5	204	306	407	510	611	815	1019	1426	2037
1/4	6	153	229	306	382	458	611	764	1070	1528
	7	139	209	278	347	417	554	693	970	1386
5/16	8	122	183	244	305	367	489	611	856	1222
3/8	10	102	153	204	255	306	407	509	713	1019
Jul-16	11	87	131	175	217	262	349	437	611	873
01-Feb	12	76	115	153	190	229	306	382	535	764
Sep-16	14	68	102	134	170	204	272	340	475	679
05-Aug	16	61	91	122	152	183	245	306	428	611
Nov-16	18	54	81	108	135	162	216	270	377	539
03-Apr	19	51	77	102	127	153	204	255	357	509
13/16	20	49	73	98	123	147	194	243	339	485
07-Aug	22	44	65	87	110	131	175	218	306	437
15/16	24	40	60	80	100	120	162	202	283	404
1	25	38	58	76	95	115	153	191	267	382
1.1/16	27	36	54	72	90	108	144	180	251	359
1.3/16	30	32	48	64	80	96	129	162	227	324
1.1/4	32	31	46	61	78	92	122	153	214	306
1.5/16	33	29	44	58	73	87	118	147	206	294
1.3/8	35	28	41	56	70	83	111	139	222	278
1.7/16	36	27	40	54	68	81	108	135	189	270
1.1/2	38	25	38	51	63	76	102	127	178	255
1.9/16	39	24	36	48	60	72	100	120	168	240
1.5/8	42	24	35	47	58	71	94	118	165	235
1.3/4	45	22	33	44	55	65	87	109	153	218
1.7/8	48	20	31	41	50	61	82	102	143	204
2	52	19	29	38	48	57	76	96	134	191

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