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by kurthr 1426 days ago
Maybe those are European decimal commas? I mean... it's a ludicrous number with artificial specificity so I just interpreted it as a kazillion.

I doubt the motor was capable of 1000rpm and it certainly wouldn't be necessary.

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Based on the size and shape of the tool I'm guessing it's a brushed DC motor, which in that size can easily achieve several kRPM --- unloaded, that is. When it's actually being used to do the work of melting the plastic, probably below 1kRPM.
If they were decimal commas there would only be one of them, same as with decimal dots.

In other words, I agree with your kazillion interpretation…