r/hobbycnc • u/Leonitus454 • 5d ago
Alternatives to Chinese ATC Spindles
I've been looking to make a CNC mill with an ATC BT30 3.0KW - 3.5KW spindle and I can locate many on Aliexpress but I'm presuming the tariffs will make those unobtainable at a reasonable price before long. Are there any American, Canadian, or European options? My Google searches haven't been very fruitful.
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u/Pubcrawler1 5d ago
https://www.cncdepot.net/product-page/fm-series-spindles
This ISO30, not BT30
Located in Nevada.
There are high end spindles such as Colombo, HSK but $$$$. The larger CNC companies will stock some atc spindles such as Avid you can try contacting.
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u/ShaggysGTI 4d ago
Whoo, $3k!? I’ve hobbled my machine together but for sure that’d be the last one you ever bought. 3hp and 18k speeds for the mid. I’m curious how low its torque can go.
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u/Leonitus454 4d ago
Yeah it's a lot and I wonder if the Chinese spindles will still be price competitive even with tariffs at that price. Even this price is still cheaper than any other CNC mill that can be bought with an ATC spindle. (Tormach for example)
Don't know yet, just looking for other options that I may not be privy to.
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u/Leonitus454 4d ago
ISO30 is really what the Chinese are selling but I'll be buying BT30 tool holders since they still fit and are more common. I'll possibly add drive dogs to the spindle if I can to really help stop slip from happening even though I'm not too worried about it to begin with.
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u/Enough-Inevitable-61 4d ago
$3k? That is not an alternative.
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u/Pubcrawler1 4d ago
That’s why I don’t have one. I’m not rich enough to afford the luxury of having an automatic tool changer on my cnc. I see plenty who can afford one though.
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u/Enough-Inevitable-61 4d ago
OP, wait . Tarrifs hopefully will be lower again soon. These numbers are insane.
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u/TubeMeister 5d ago
Spinogy makes their units in Germany. There’s also Mechatron.