I bought an 1000$ cheap aliexpress BT30 ATC spindle

Several months ago I was looking for a spindle for my up and coming CNC machine. I had been drooling at BT30 ATC spindles for a while. And I decided that it was finally time to take the plunge. I found a few options on Aliexpress, but they were all quite expensive. So I kept looking and eventually found one that was in my price range.

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Spoiler alert:
After some initial issues due to my toolholders being not that good... it is quite a nice spindle.

Link to my blogpost: https://cncrouterinfo.com/reviews/wh...0-atc-spindle/

If you have any questions just let me know.

Thanks for the heads up. Is this spindle water cooled?

Yes it is.

Thanks for sharing your findings :encouragement:

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