The spindles do make some noise. I'm not clear as to why or where this sound originates. One customer took his bearings out and ran them in a polisher for awhile. Made them extremely quiet.
My quess is that the sound comes from the spindle bearings. All of which I've grown used to being a normal tone. All my other machines that are of a small size make the same sound as well.
They are a 6000 series metric bearing. There are other replacement bearings from FAG that are extreme precision... but... they are also expensive.
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