Re: Semi-good high speed spindle idea? - Thanks and an explanation.

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

>
> Would it be possible to run a highspeed spindle through the existing
> spindle? Say for instance disassemble a dremel type flexshaft or make
> something similar and mount the bearings in an adapter in the spindle
> socket and have the motor mounted above a hollow drawbar? Kind of

hard

> to describle without a sketch...

William,
I thought about that and even bought a high power flex shaft dremel
from Ebay that would fit in a 1" collet. I went to mount it and found
that the quik switch 300 adapter on the mill is not through drilled. It
doesn't use a drawbar. It uses a quarter turn twist lock. I hadn't
given it much thought since then. I wonder if I could drill out the
spindle with a carbide bit chucked on the table. The blockage is only
about an inch thick. The rest of the spindle is open.

Roger