Quote Originally Posted by phill05 View Post
In 2017 I fitted new bearings to spindle (downtime 1 week ordering the bearings 2 days fitting) the machine has been run day and night over weeks at a time, from 2012 to date.
Hi Phill, Just out of curiosity how many bearings where in the nose of the spindle because that looks like a longer than standard nose compared to a routing spindle with ER Taper?

Also did you buy the machine as a machine for cutting stone etc. or a general-purpose router.? . . What I'm trying to establish is if the Chinese spec'd the spindle for stone or not. The 3Kw spindle we used didn't last much more than 3 months using Flute routers solely cutting Granite, these.!
https://granitetools.co.uk/product/g...10mm-diameter/

Have you an idea how much granite work you have done with this spindle, I'm not so much asking about engraving/carving but Fluting and cutting/profiling, etc, I'm curious because I may pursue this type of spindle if it's not a standard routing spindle and you have done plenty of this type of work with it for a sink hole/drainer machine.!