X2 spinle undersized?

[AirHog]

I Just recently grabbed a HF X2, all was going well (or as well as could be expected anyway) when i found that my R8 collets don't fit
I can get them in with some serious persuasion, but the spindle is definitely to small.

I recently have seen these problems popping up with the X3, but have yet to hear of anything about it on the X2, do they use the same spindles?

[phantomcow2]

I've heard about the r8 pin being too large on some of the Sieg machines. THis used to be teh case with the X3 I know. Could this be your problem?

[InspirationTool]

Yeah, sounds like a pin problem.... minilathe.com shows one way to fix this.

-Jeff

[AirHog]

Yes, it was the pin. I had measured the R8 chuck that came with the mill, and it was a bit small at .940, while the collets were the normal .945 so assumed it was the spindle.
A quick spin of the dremel took care of it with no problem. Thanks for the replies guys, i was just about to take a brake cylinder hone to it, I would have been very unhappy.