Originally Posted by singer  This is truly an interesting thread, I have asked Tormack after a spindle upgrade, and was told that I could chouse between the air spindle or the proxxon solution.
As I see it the proxxon is to tiny and the air spindle to fast, for my needs that is.
But I am still interested in the Tormach, I cant find any better alternative.
I will follow this thread carefully.
Peter |
I found hybrid ceramic nose bearings to give much longer life on the Proxxon IB/E. Ask Chris or Mark at Proxxon World in Australia, they were both very helpful and they supplied me with ABEC-7 hybrid ceramic bearings same size as the original steel bearings
http://www.proxxon-world.com
Terrence