Re: Router life, getting better bearings,

Carl,

And it's quiet!!!

Ballendo

P.S. Colombo spindles are nice. But any spindle; Perske, Elte,
Colombo is a vast upgrade over a wood working router. Still, lots of
machines and shops have used WW routers for years successfully; noise
being the usual biggest complaint.

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "carlcnc" <carlcnc@y...>
wrote:

> I went the Porter Cable route for a while, saved up and got a
> Colombo 3hp inverter controlled spindle. I think the total package

ws

> around 1300. Granted it is a lot more than PC, but it has done 2
> years of production work without a problem.
>
> Carl