The cracked spindle holder is now replaced. One reason is that because the cracked and fixed one did
not allow me to attach the necessary accessories I want to use in a comfortable and secure way. There are currently two accessories I can't be without, these are the dust shoe and the pen holder.
The new spindle holder arrived
some time ago but I could not find the time before to finish it, which
means some drilling and tapping, as well as fixing a few dents it
received during manufacturing and transport. Fixing meant also surfacing the bottom to get a 100% fit on the Z plate. The new spindle holder feels a bit better made than the old one, and the 65mm hole for the spindle was
actually 65mm all around, unlike the previous one, which was a bit oval
in shape. The spindle fits exactly, only a tiny expansion is needed to push the spindle motor in.
Maybe the reason why the previous holder cracked was the oval whole, which needed a larger expansion. Anyway, end of the story, this
weekend I replaced the fixed one with the new and I even made a short video of it.
The spindle holder has a few extra tapped and untapped holes for future accessory expansion as well as for the currently used dust shoe and pen holder. Some of the future accessory plans I have includes 3D printer head, laser cross, laser engraver head, camera and LED light, so the extra holes will come handy later on.
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