This is an interesting project - http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/19659206/cnc-bt15-iso15-atc-spindles-cartridge-and-spindle
Although its unclear to me what a complete system including drive motor looks like. Would you end up getting the same amount into it as buying one of these? - http://www.automationtechnologiesinc.com/products-page/cnc-spindle/atc-spindle-2 I haven't found anything in between, I would like a quickchange, but most everything seems built for a mill setting. My current setup is a bosch colt with think and tinker collets, but after 100s of hours of use and one bad bearing, I am ready to move to something quieter. There is a plethora of chinese spindles and vfd's, are they to be avoided? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ October Webinars: Code for Performance Free Intel webinars can help you accelerate application performance. Explore tips for MPI, OpenMP, advanced profiling, and more. Get the most from the latest Intel processors and coprocessors. See abstracts and register > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=60135031&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
