Since the bearings sounded awful, they got cleaned and regreased, and the housing repainted.
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00:00 - Start
00:11 - Intro
00:16 - Paint prep the spindle housing
01:21 - How I set my paint gun
02:02 - Cleaning up the Eclipse magnetic chuck
03:59 - Second undercoat
05:05 - Re-greasing the spindle bearings
09:46 - First top coat
10:18 - Spindle reassembly
13:05 - Making a pin spanner
15:26 - Spindle housing reassembly.
19:57 - Remounting the spindle assy in the grinder
25:55 - Running in the bearings
29:14 - Test cuts