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Mechanical Engineering student here. I have for some time been saving up to acquire me an X-carve. The primary use I would have for it, is to produce prototypes drawn in Solidworks in aluminium and brass. For this I have considered two spindles:
I’ve seen once or twice. If it’s not seen A lot in this forum, that means you better go the other way. Most X-Carve owners using primarily Dewalt, second choice Makita, pro users buying lot more expensive water or air cooled spindle with inverter. I am Dewalt user for months with no problems what so ever. I hope answers your question.
I haven’t seen too much about the Kress, but the little bit I have seen they are pretty sweet. They seem to be primarily in Europe. From what I know, the Kress spindles are specifically made for milling, so you couldn’t go wrong if you can get one for an affordable price, it also looks to have a good speed variance.
Other than that can’t go wrong with the DeWalt or the Makita. More or less it’s what is more readily available for you.
I installed the Suhner 1530 watt spindle. That also works great. I can’t compare but it should be a lot more reliable and robuust than the kress.
The spindle clamp comes from Sorotec. The aluminum mountingplate I made myself with a lot of patience with the 24V quiet cut spindle.
