One of the best upgrades for the Shapeoko is to use a spindle instead of the rotary tool that many start with. The 300 Watt
Quiet Cut Spindle from Inventables works great with the Shapeoko desktop CNC. It is a great upgrade for many other DIY CNC router designs as well.
To make your life a little easier, we've compiled all the parts necessary for this upgrade into a single project that can be
purchased here.
The
Quiet Cut Spindle has several features that make it perfect for this application.
very quiet, compared to the rotary tool, you barely hear it runninggreat tool holding, with a industry standard ER11-A collet includedadditional collets availableair cooledcompact and light weightaffordable
Hooking it up to work with the gShield (previously known as grblShield) on the Shapeoko is a pretty simple procedure that only requires a few more items, and most people should be able to perform the upgrade in a few hours. When the gShield is hooked up correctly the spindle will turn on a…
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