Quote Originally Posted by coredump View Post
Deckel do the opposite: free floating (needle bearing) at the nose, locked bearings (dual andular ones) at the end. This allow very sturdy spindle with a short distance between nose and bearing (almost 0 since the needle bearing is outside the taper nose).
I might be being pedantic, but surely as the spindle heats up the shaft will expand and push the cutter down slightly further. Clearly won't happen if the fixed bearing is near the chuck. Negligible?