Subject	The longer the shaft, the lower the rpm limit it can spin.
Posted by	timz on October 01, 2010 at 5:21 PM
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In Reply To	could you provide a dumbed down explanation of this? (n/m) posted by LJZTT on October 01, 2010 at 04:00 PM
Message	If you keep going up in rpm and get into critical speed, the shaft will go into a resonance and shaft vibration/bending will increase tremendously. At this point, something will eventually break.
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