Looking for some opinions on air vs water cooled spindles. I’ve used air cooled to date, looking at a water cooled.
What issues have you all had with water-cooled spindles? Any problems with leaks? Any maintenance pains?
Other than noise, I can’t really see a benefit to water vs air - thoughts?
I have a 1.5kW air cooled spindle and have no issues at all with it. As far as I can tell the main reason to go water cooled is the reduction in noise compared to the air cooled version
For me the main benefit is the noise. They are allot quieter. I also believe you can run water cooled spindles allot slower than air cooled.
Ive had water cooled for quite a while now and not done any maintenance.
Just thought this was worth posting.
I was getting some pretty sh*ty results and snapping bits with no explanation. After investigating further I found out my water pump had died. No explanation or reason just dead.
Hopefully the spindle is fine.