CNC-router spindles, collets and workholding

CNC router parts that fit your exact machine

Pick your machine and Z axis to see the mount it ships with, the mounts, spindle kits and dust boots its maker lists or excludes, the table thread, and what no maker publishes.

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Shows what your machine's maker publishes about its mount, kits, table thread and dust boots, so you buy parts named for your exact Z axis.

Choose your cnc machine to see the key facts and what fits. Each fact links to its source on the full page.

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Find your mount size

Pick a mount size to see which routers and spindles have that body diameter, the adapter rings that step between sizes, and the dust boots made for it.

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Choose your mount size to see the key facts and what fits. Each fact links to its source on the full page.

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Common buying mistakes

  1. Shopping by brand name

    One maker sells different clamps for different machines. FoxAlien's standard 69 mm Z clamp is listed for the Masuter, 4040-XE, XE-PRO, WM3020 and Vasto, but not the XE-Ultra, which has its own clamp. Find your exact model and Z version first.

  2. Trusting one mount label

    Makers label the same router differently: FoxAlien and Carbide 3D call the DeWalt DWP611 a 69 mm router, while Sienci sells a 71 mm mount for it. Buy the holder whose maker names your router, and measure the clamping band with a caliper.

  3. Reading ER11 as an 11 mm collet

    The number after "ER" names the collet size, not the shank. The largest ER11 collet holds about 1/4 inch, so a 1/2 inch bit needs an ER20 spindle. Your spindle nose decides the system; the bit decides the collet.

  4. Mixing collet systems after an upgrade

    Carbide 3D moved its 65 mm VFD spindle kit from ER11 to ER16 in May 2025. ER11 collets and nuts do not fit the newer kit. Check the system printed on your spindle before you order collets or a nut.

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How we choose

We start from your exact machine, Z axis version and the router or spindle it carries. Mount diameters, collet systems, table threads and fit lists come from the machine and part makers' own pages, manuals and support answers, and every value is labeled with its source; where makers use different labels for the same router we show both, and where no maker publishes a figure we say so. We list a part only when its maker names your machine, mount size or collet system. A store's name alone does not show that the brand authorized it. Nothing here has been tested by us, and we give no wiring steps: a spindle kit's maker and a qualified electrician decide how it is connected.

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