Looking for a small spindle
I recently threw this unit together with the hope of doing some engraving.
It uses a couple of X Y tables taken from an old film developing unit. (remember film?)
Anyway I got it up and running under Mach3 and it works fine except the spindle is a cheap wannabe Dremel running at 12000 rpm.
The problem is that it is impossible to predict where the tip of the engraving tool is - it varies by as much as .05" on the z axis making the lettering alternately deep and shallow.
Is there an under $100 spindle available with decent bearings or do I have to go to something like a Foredom unit?
I used to be appalled, now I'm just amused.