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theguitarwhisperer
 Post subject: Router or Spindle?
PostPosted: Mon Aug 26, 2013 3:10 am 
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Which is better?

I've decided that if I'm going to spend $3000 or so on a milling machine to do just pearl cutting but it only goes to 11000 RPM then I might as well find a sturdy platform and fill it with nice components for about $6000. Twice the money, but 24X48 inches worth of work space gives it ten times the capability. I could all things guitar related, from manufacturing necks and bodies, cutting fancy/schmancy rosettes, to cutting my "S"'s and possibly making some hardware.

So if I want to machine bridges out of brass components as well, then I need to know what will do it.

Anybody doing stuff like that?

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 Post subject: Re: Router or Spindle?
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It seems you've taken the red pill. I think there's quite a bit more research for you before you pull the trigger. Here's a thread I started when I was at a similar point: viewtopic.php?f=10106&t=30245&hilit=taking+the+plunge#p401309

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Thanx!

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For your answer, though: spindle. They're so cheap now, on eBay or though AutomationTechnologies, that I can't see any good reason not to get one.

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They look like they can achieve higher RPM's in a smaller package, too.

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theguitarwhisperer wrote:
They look like they can achieve higher RPM's in a smaller package, too.


The main difference between a router and a spindle is the motor type. Spindles use three phase brushless motors, which are much more efficient than the universal motors used in routers (ie: lighter, stronger, faster). Also MUCH quieter.

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error, wrong thread.

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