Hi guys
I’m looking to upgrade my spindle - on a long line of mods I’m doing.
I’m trying to choose between these two, they look the same but one is more with a collet set… a collet set on it’s own is about £15…
or…
Thanks
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just be warned that 2.2 is extremely heavy sitting on the shapeoko!!!
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What one did your go with? Worth upgrading the springs?
I bought a 2.2 kw ER20 that someone bought and didn’t use. It drops a bit when power is turned off.
I will probably use the inverter and buy a 1.5KW, It weights about 8lbs. less and only requires the Makita adapter from Carbide to install.
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Why down size? I’d have thought the extra power nice?
the weight is a lot and I’m not sure the added power is worth the EXTREME weight. LOL
I want to upgrade the Z-axis with ball screw and linear rails which will add some weight also.
I will buy the 1.5kw while keeping the 2.2kw and if it doesn’t work as well I will switch back
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I went off on one and bought the 2.2kw spindle today…
anyone know what type of higher rates springs I can upgrade to?
I can hear your derlin v-wheels crying all the way across the pond :-p
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Apparently the spindle weighs 5.2kg! Pretty beefy. That said there is a chap running a 3.25 hp router, and that weights 4.5kg I think…
This should be interesting…
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