Hi Brad and welcome to the forum...the land of Carvoholics.
All new CT spindles will run hotter at first while the bearings get broken in. Please continue to monitor it as it should start to run cooler by about 10 carving hours or so.
ANYTIME you start to hear strange noises, the flex appears it may melt or you start to smell it melting, STOP the machine immediately. Lifting the lid or hitting stop once will pause your project. Hitting STOP twice will cancel it.
NEVER leave your machine unattended.
If you feel it may be getting worse, please do not hesitate to call us. We can do some troubleshooting to see if it is not the normal "breaking in period".
Connie
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