<div dir="auto">2kW seems to be the upper limit. Look up <a href="http://www.omiocnc.com/products/x6-2200l-usb.html">www.omiocnc.com/products/x6-2200l-usb.html</a><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">These ones seem to be more proven for milling aluminum at decent passover depths (for a machine of this cost).</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">-Norm</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Apr 4, 2017 1:41 PM, "Igor Yeremin" <<a href="mailto:igor.yeremin@gmail.com">igor.yeremin@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I think the spindle is a passive spindle shaft coupled with a belt to a 1kW RC copter motor. <a href="https://alumination.blogspot.ca/2016/06/cnc-build-overview.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://alumination.blogspot.c<wbr>a/2016/06/cnc-build-overview.h<wbr>tml</a><br>
How many kW do you want on an aluminum frame? Our mill has a 1.5kW motor and it's 400kg of steel.<br>
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On 2017-04-04 1:29 PM, Norman Chu wrote:<br>
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The 1kW spindle feels a bit anemic for any metals, is the spindle water<br>
cooled? Air cooled will just get aluminum swarf sucked in and kill it.<br>
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Otherwise +1, $100 to the pot if it's watercooled.<br>
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-Norm<br>
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On Apr 4, 2017 12:45 PM, "Ahron Train" <<a href="mailto:atrain@atrain.ca" target="_blank">atrain@atrain.ca</a><br>
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    Wow, that's not much more expensive than an unmodified 3040!  I<br>
    think it's definitely taking a look at!<br>
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    On Tue, Apr 4, 2017 at 12:34 PM, Igor Yeremin<br>
    <<a href="mailto:igor.yeremin@gmail.com" target="_blank">igor.yeremin@gmail.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:igor.yeremin@gmail.com" target="_blank">igor.yeremin@gmail.com</a><wbr>>> wrote:<br>
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        Thoughts?<br>
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        Says it's got proper linear rails and ballscrews.<br>
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