Did I forget something?

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I still have a week or two of waiting for my x-controller to arrive, but i’ve started to piece together what I can of the boxes that are here.

Going through the instructions, I think I may have made an ordering boo-boo and forgotten to have ordered a spindle mount of some kind. I expected the x-carve to come with some kind of spindle base-plate to which specific spindle mounts would be fixed. But flipping ahead through the instructions, it appears the baseplate and mount are a singular part. Hmmm. I didn’t order a Dewalt or Bosch spindle mount as I intend to use a router commonly found her in Australia, but probably unheard of in the US.

If I have indeed made an ordering boo-boo, have a small window of opportunity to get a spindle mount ordered and sent out with my x-controller box.

Did I forget to order all I need?

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I called them today. the X-controller is on back order.

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Thanks AngusMcLeod - exactly what I needed to know.

I thought it would come with some kind of generic/universal spindle base plate. It appears not.

Probably a happy accident - now the X-Carve is before me, I can get a true feel for it’s proportions and dimensions. The router I was planning to use would be far, far too big for the application (1200W Makita plunge router).

A laminate trim router (or a router in the 600 - 800W range) seems it would be more appropriate. This seems a better option: https://www.bunnings.com.au/makita-700w-trimmer-and-router_p6240215

As for the Dewalt 611 or Bosch Colt options - they’re not sold here in Australia. I’d prefer to stick to a locally sold router for warrantee purposes.

Thanks guys.

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So it seems I need to get myself a spindle mount to load a router with a 65mm armature diameter.

Going through the spindle mount options in the Inventables shop, i’m not readily finding the armature diameters they’re designed to work around. I can find some sizes, I can’t find others. Some spindle mounts have links to technical drawings, others don’t.

Can anyone help me out with a solution?

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I’m in Sydney and I bought the Dewalt D26204K, which is the 240v version of the 611, so no issue with warranty.

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You use this mount for the Dewalt. Aussie version fits it too as they are identical.

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Hi tim
I’m using the Makita 700 router in my setup without any issues got the spindle mount from 3DTEK Sydney Australia

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I also have the Makita 700 unit and I used the Inventables DeWalt mount with two layers of 3 mm polystyrene sheeting that I also purchased from Inventables in sheet form. Works excellent. I purchased one sheet and simply cut out the sized strips as needed. Still have some left over for other things.

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Great idea Clyde.

I bought the Makita, and I now have a 611 spindle on the way thanks to the Inventables team.

I’m going to use rubber sheet to create the shim. Hopefully it will knock off a decibel or two off overall spindle noise, and it might also offer an ever-so-slight vibration damping effect, without being to detrimental to overall accuracy.

Of course, i’d probably need to be the Terminator to perceive any benefit at all.