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I'm working through options on my ShopSabre 23 quote. The sales rep is highly recommending purchasing a 220v spindle to upgrade the 3 HP 110v router that it comes with. The spindle upgrade cost is very expensive, over 1/3 the price of the entire unit, but the upgrade cost is the same whether I do it with the initial purchase or down the road.
I found a few old threads on the forum discussing spindle verses router. It seems that the spindle will run much quieter, will be able to handle longer routing sessions better and generally will have more power. I think eventually I'll install a spindle but I'm leaning towards just going with the router for now.
I'm also considering the vacuum table option. It's about a $600 upgrade to get the vacuum table and the 220v vacuum pump verses getting the standard T-Track table. I'm comfortable with the extra $'s for the upgrade but I'm curious if people that have been routing for a long time find a vacuum table to be a better choice than a simple t-track setup.
If I skip the spindle upgrade for now the $'s I'd spend on that would fund the vacuum table and pump as well as their 4th axis add-on which I'd really like to have for profiling furniture legs and other items.
I'd appreciate any feedback.
I found a few old threads on the forum discussing spindle verses router. It seems that the spindle will run much quieter, will be able to handle longer routing sessions better and generally will have more power. I think eventually I'll install a spindle but I'm leaning towards just going with the router for now.
I'm also considering the vacuum table option. It's about a $600 upgrade to get the vacuum table and the 220v vacuum pump verses getting the standard T-Track table. I'm comfortable with the extra $'s for the upgrade but I'm curious if people that have been routing for a long time find a vacuum table to be a better choice than a simple t-track setup.
If I skip the spindle upgrade for now the $'s I'd spend on that would fund the vacuum table and pump as well as their 4th axis add-on which I'd really like to have for profiling furniture legs and other items.
I'd appreciate any feedback.