Most of my projects will be in wood and carving but a few in aluminum.

Thanks for the insight, as always I can trust that I'll get an honest answer from the forum members.

I think I've been talked down off the ledge of investing large dollars into a spindle but maybe a few more into the VFD makes sense. I'm leaning now towards a square body 2.2KW ER25 something like this https://www.ebay.com/itm/2-2KW-Spind...wAAOSwmZFZpyV7

and maybe a Delta https://www.ebay.com/itm/DELTA-VFD-A...EAAOSw66pZi5Fy or a GE https://www.ebay.com/itm/New-GE-Fuji...gAAOSwSdZWdcw0 or Hitachi https://www.ebay.com/itm/HITACHI-NES...gAAOSwQWxbDCad I'm not sure who else makes reliable VFD's??

Do you have a VFD preference?

Adam,