Definately a scrapyard challenge

[Jonathan]

neh lad for future reference £146 or make and offer,thats where mines from

Same here (wonder why!), but the postage on 190618666009 is cheaper so Bruce did well. I chose solar.jean at the time as I read that his were better quality, but then he changed the model between us getting it so who knows.
If anyone else can be bothered to read it all, before buying a spindle there's lots of discussion on which is best (4 bearings versus 3, and better bearings versus fake) here:

http://www.cnczone.com/forums/diy-cn...tml#post775132

It seems the consensus is the spindles from linearmotionbearings2008 (i.e. same place we get the ballscrews) are the best at the moment.

[JAZZCNC]

It seems the consensus is the spindles from linearmotionbearings2008 (i.e. same place we get the ballscrews) are the best at the moment.

I can back this up as well. I have bought spindles for machines I've built for people from several places and Chai's(Linearmotionbearings2008) are much nicer and seem to be consistant every time I get one, they only seem to change when there's an upgrade. He tends to be slightly more expensive but I think they are worth the extra.

The last one was for my own machine and it was upgraded from the previous one's. The water conections where larger bore and the Wire connector was much better with a dedicated earth, the Amps where also higher 8.5A from 7.5A which helps torque at lower speeds this is much welcomed.!

It's been a few months since last bought one but I will be getting one for a machine soon so will see what the next one's like.!!

On another note.!! . . . I made the same offer you did bruce to the same guy and he declined.?? . . . . Don't figure.! . . Guess you caught him in a good mood Bruce. . Lucky bugger.