A chat with my neighbor about his old Bridgeport mill made me see my own machine differently
He came over to borrow a tap and saw my Haas VF2. He said, 'You know, I ran that exact model at a shop in Dayton for 8 years. We pushed it to 95% spindle load daily and it never quit.' I always baby my spindle, keeping it under 70%. Hearing that from someone who actually ran one hard for years made me rethink being too careful. How hard do you guys typically run your spindles on production jobs?