I bought a book on making machine spindles. It was offered by "ohojim" on ebay. Very informative book. Even though I was a mold maker back in the day, making a spindle scared me more than a little. Could I make it accurate enough with my present equipment (no I.D. / O.D. grinder), would it end up as another started but never completed project? I then took a look at the K2 spindles. Very expensive. I think I am once again motivated to build a spindle, unless most of a spindle could be pirated off a B'port or other machine on its way to the scrap yard. Even if I had to replace the worn out bearings it would be a lot less work than making the whole thing.
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