RFQ - custom 43mm spindle mount

[John S]

Looking for a drawing I did a while ago and came up with this picture.



Not suitable for your use because you can't get the centres in you need but it was an exercise on keyhole milling to get water passages nearly all the way round the mount to keep the Kress bearings cool.

Not sure if any are left but i don't use my Kress now I have the high speed spindle so I'll do a search and see what I have

[HankMcSpank]

Loving the name - waterkress! lol LOL. (I don't get out much)

Thanks for the input guys...sheesh I don't know, here was I thinking you were all stood to attention, polishing your machines while waiting for the next job to come in; -)

The situation is, my machine won't even be despatched for two more days....it's coming from Korea (I like to buy from countries associated with top engineering quality hehe!) ...so I'll likely not have it for 7-10 days, but man, it's going to be painful to have it here & not be able to use it......remember - I've been 2.5 years using my homemade CNC constructed from junk (and the end result wasn't far from the input material!) - I'm gonna be like a sailor who's been at sea for three months, pulling into the harbour at Rio de Janeiro & who's just swallowed a tablet of Viagra.

[Jonathan]

Sure that's enough rotary tables!

I notice you've done the other clamping method. I wonder which way is strongest.

it was an exercise on keyhole milling to get water passages nearly all the way round the mount to keep the Kress bearings cool.

I was thinking of doing something like that with the DIY brushless spindle as the bearing temperature on those seems to be an issue...if I can find cheap 8mm bore angular contact bearings.

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