Good for you. I planed to do the same…
This should be number one on everyone’s list when selecting a spindle, or any electrical equipment for that matter. If it’s not listed then stay away.
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Bob,
This is very hard to disagree with. I just pulled the trigger on the 80 mm mount. Do you have a 80 mm spindle that meets those requirements from a vendor in North America? I am enjoying a slow growth in customer orders. Many times I would like to use a 1/2” shank. After this come the journeyman x-50. I hope to order after the first of the year for delivery before June.
Dave
I’m considering ordering the Mechatron 80mm complete package. How difficult is it to connect to the Onefinity/breakout board for controlling the spindle start/stop?
I ended up going with a spindle, VFD, cable package from Vince at eDealers Direct LLC. I found him on EBay when I was looking for a good cable, I was concerned about the grounding on the spindle (you will get discussion about it being needed or not from others on here). The kit from him was a little more than buying on Amazon but by the time I added in the cables, it wasn’t that much. He beat his estimated delivery time by two weeks and it was the best-packaged kit I have ever received. He even sent me a video of my spindle and VFD on his test bench Wils VFD & Spindle Testing.. - YouTube
You can find him on Youtube Corvetteguy50 - YouTube or ebay https://www.ebay.com/usr/len1007?_trksid=p2047675.m3561.l2559 but you have to email him for a full kit or spindle.
Full disclosure, I am happy with my purchase but I have not used it yet. Journeyman is still on its way.
Wil
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WilZirkle, I’m guessing this is a daedalus brushless spindle?
I want to quiet down things, for hobby use. Please let me know how it goes after setting up.
Other opinions on daedalus welcome…Thanks
William
William, planning to finish setup this week. I don’t know the spindle brand but took this picture for for someone else. It shows the logo.
Hi. Any update on the kit? I’m considering a plug-n-play kit myself and I was wondering how much more it would cost after you factor in things like good quality cables.
Thanks.
Kit has been great, i got a bad VFD that wouldn’t talk to my onefinity controller originally but it was quickly replaced once I identifiedthe VFD as the issue. As far as quality cables thats how i found the package i got. The guy who put it together was making the cables i wanted to get.
I just finished upgrading to the 2.2kw, water cooled kit from PwnCNC - Spindle Kit – PwnCNC
I’ve been very happy with it.
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I had already looked at his website and videos and I’m very tempted to go this route also. It’s just that the exchange rate from CDN $ is killing me. Especially since I only just noticed last week that the 1F price on the website is in US $, which adds close to a 1 000/$ on my budget…
I purchased the PwnCNC 2.2 air cooled kit and I can say it was a simple install and having the 1F control the speed on the spindle is a great asset. If I read the instructions total time to run test without wood is about 30 mins from the box. I was lucky I had a 20 amp circuit I was not using any more. So far I would highly recommend it.
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20% Black Friday at PWN today, if you’ve not pulled the trigger yet…
I am only seeing 10% off when I add a spindle kit to my cart.
Do you have a referral code? I would be happy to add it to my order if it’s something that applies.
Thanks. 
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