Water cooled spindle

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Hey Sterling,

if you read this,

@scottjritt

I have a 65mm 1.5k and the first two I got leaked the same way. The manufacture told me that they have issues with them cracking due too how thin the inside wall is.

@scottjritt

I bought it from AliExpress, unknown brand but they all look the same.

@Snakespit64

the brand was huanyang… I found a hairline crack in the housing right above the spindle nut

…judge yourself. I do not have more information on the 65 mm housing cracking than this. But my general impression after research in the web on these low-cost Hanyuang and no-name chinese spindles and VFDs is that there were a little too many who reported total failures.

On the other hand, if you browse search results, you find others who report:

@Grunmaschine

I had terrible luck with the "no name spindles and VFDs " that plague all the inexpensive places we buy from, but rather than call them inexpensive deals , they are “cheap and dangerous”, paying a little more for something precise, and well built and safe from the start, is a good start.

My current Mechatron 100mm spindle has been perfect for nearly 5 years and ran nearly 24 hours a day for a year.

Don’t risk burning down your shop, or home, and investments on products that need to be modified highly to work safely and effectively, if the spindle and VFD have no “real UL or CE listing” and no real tech support, I would advise to just use the Makita option, make some money with it and invest, or save a bit longer and buy quality products.

@DailyLunatic

Do you find it high

Yes, of course, who would not.

@DailyLunatic

or are what we see in this discussion more or less, an outlier?

I prefer to buy things where I find no failure reports or if there were any, a prompt and
good service from the manufacturer.

PS: I am not affiliated with Mechatron in any way, but I link to manufacturers or dealers from which I bought the things I own.