# Checking stepper temperature frequently while cutting

**URL:** <https://community.inventables.com/t/checking-stepper-temperature-frequently-while-cutting/23169>\
**Category:** Troubleshooting\
**Created:** [May 1, 2016, 3:47pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/checking-stepper-temperature-frequently-while-cutting/23169 "2016-05-01T15:47:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![MattWheeler](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/mattwheeler/32/36005_2.png) [@MattWheeler](https://community.inventables.com/u/MattWheeler)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 1:58pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/checking-stepper-temperature-frequently-while-cutting/23169/6 "2016-05-02T13:58:34Z")

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Here’s a post on the spindle and VFD that I use. The spindle cost $360 and the VFD was $300.

> [@A mod to make z-azix more stiff and easier to adjust](https://community.inventables.com/t/a-mod-to-make-z-azix-more-stiff-and-easier-to-adjust/15925/10):
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> ​I’m using an [GMT Air Cooled CNC Spindle 0.8 kW] spindle with a [Delta VFD-M / Inverter 0.75kW 110V] both from UgraCNC.com.​ I’ve improved the mounting since this picture was taken. It is now mounted using the [Spindle Mounting Plate]​ ​and two [DeWalt DW660 Spindle Mount] brackets from Inventables.​ I did have to file away about 1mm of heat sink on each side of the spindle to make it fit in the brackets. Alternatively, one could file the brackets instead. This spindle is quiet, strong, and …

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