Thanks to everybody for responding!
I want to tell you about C&M Spindle and Mr. BOB. He went on and on about how C&M Spindle was going to be the greatest thing that could happen to my spindle. Cost was $750.00 + shipping. This got me NEW Bearings & NMTB30 Regrind. I was told to build a wooden crate to ship spindle in to protect it and it would be sent back in my crate. I built a box so nice i thought about putting some stain on the wood and French Polishing it! The box was Over built! I sent it out , Bob did his thing and sent it back in a Cardboard Box!! What the Hay!! I opened the box and pulled my " baby " or spindle out to take a close look at it. I set it up on its snout on the table and seen where someone took a die grinder and ground off the word CHINA on the outer bearing race and even ground CHINA off the RUBBER SEAL!!!! There was grit from the grinding in the gaps of the seal. How clean is that! How did i know it said CHINA if it has ground off ? Well Bob did not grind deep enough to wipe out the word CHINA. DAAAURRR!! I could still see CHINA on his ground up rubber seal! I called Bob and asked him about his die grinding work. He told me " I have to grind off the information from the bearing so other shops won't find out where i'm getting my parts " and " Thay are the BEST BEARINGS in the WORLD ! " Well if Bob did not want other competators finding out where he gets his " Best Bearings in the World " why did he NOT Also grind off the 10 digit PART # !!
Well the next day while the spindle was sitting on the table on its snout upright, i was turning the " Best Bearings in the World " with my finger tips and felt lots of GRIT rolling around inside. Than the Bearings grabed a big pice of GRIT and instead of only the Bearings turning the Hole Assembley turned. With the weight of a complete spindle assembly sitting up on end on the table and my hand turning the outter race of the bearings , THE HOLE SPINDLE ASSEMBLY TURNED ON TOP OF THE TABLE !! I called Bob about this and he said " It is only the end cap rubbing the bearings no problem ".
Bob did say to send it back and he would look at it. Now i was a man stuck between a rock and a hard place! I had so many things needing to be milled i was SICK !! My father said the best thing to do was to run the mill with the spindle as is and hope for the best. The Best NEVER HAPPEND! The finish was horrable. .0007 total run out indicated inside NMTB30 Bore. This made it
.0015 TIR at tool. Thanks Mike  |