Troutsqueezer said:Perhaps the most-purchased replacement part for the X2 would be the plastic gears driving the spindle. Eventually you'll turn on the mill with the locking pin (holds the spindle while you tighten) still in place and the plastic gears will break. The belt drive modification takes care of this problem. The plastic gears also contribute to most of the noise the mill makes when it is running. Bypassing the gears with the belt drive system quiets it down to almost a whisper. Every part for the X2 is sold by Little Machine Shop, as well as most of the modification hardware.
Nice, so I went looking at this belt drive conversion kit and one other thing I noticed besides having a nice and quite working environment was increased spindle speeds up to 4,300 and that seems like an added bonus for sure. Something to keep in mind down the road.