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16-12-2012 #1
Agree with jazz about the X-screw - RM2005 wont help. The problem is the pitch is half what you get with RM1610, so you have to spin the screw twice as fast to get a given feedrate. Going from 16mm diameter to 20mm doesn't make the critical speed twice as much (only 25% more) so you actually end up worse.
RM1610, critical speed - 1460rpm => 1460*10=14.6m/min
RM2005, critical speed - 1825rpm => 1825*5=9.1m/min
The feedrate with either screw is plenty, but since 20mm is more expensive and in addition to the above a 20mm screw requires significantly more torque than 16mm, so you only gain stiffness/lifetime which on a router like is completely negligible since the 16mm screw is strong enough and will last for many years.
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