Spindle size to match shapeoko xl?

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I jusy ordered a vfd and spindle with cooling pump. Thos package deal came with a spindle mounting bracket. The spindle is 80mm can anyone tell me if I have made an error and ordered something too big?

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Depends which Z axis you’re running.

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We recommend a 65mm trim router for either the belt drive or Z-Plus so as to be light enough for the mechanism.

For heavier spindles the HDZ supports 65mm or 80mm mounts:

https://shop.carbide3d.com/collections/accessories/hd

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I’m running the zplus, so I guess that I will returning the spindle?

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Some folks use a spindle on the Z-Plus — just use the 69mm mount and 65mm spindle reducing ring for a 65mm spindle if the weight of the spindle allows.

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Thanks for your advice, I am returning the 2.2kw and looking into a 1.5 kw 65mm. The weight of the spindle is 6.2lbs. Will this be ok?

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there’s another reason to go 65mm btw… much easier to find dust shoes that aren’t horrible

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We recommend that folks use an HDZ if mounting a spindle rather than a trim router — may be worth trying though — some folks have been successful with them.

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I understand, but just spent bucks on my xl- xxl upgrade on my shapeoko.

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there’s 800, 1.1 and 1.5kW ones at 65MM.

I got an 800W very recently and for wood… it’s amazing and more than powerful enough.
At least… I was not pushing super hard before and an likely still chicken :slight_smile:

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Are you using on a shapeoko with the zplus?

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I got a HDZ before Z plus existed… so no.
I sent back a 2.2kW (they sent me a used, rusted one a the wrong voltage) and the 2.2 was HUGE and heavy. The 800W is not tiny, but it’s much more in line of what the wood routers were like in size/weight. I imagine a 1.5kW being more heavy though.

data: the dewalt 611 router is listed as 2.5kg or so… while an 800W spindle is roughly 3kg.
2.2kW is more in the 5 to 6kg range

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I had a friend weigh his new 1.5kw it weighs 6.2lbs

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that’s about the same then… so close to a dewalt router (which works well in HDZ)

I’ll repeat again that 65mm diameter is worth a lot… for ease of finding nice dust shoes.
(the selection for 80mm is very thin)

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:+1: great can’t wait to get it

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