I just converted my Taig from a single spindle machine to a dual flexshaft machine. The Taig motor turns the Taig spindle to about 10,000 RPM. The flex shaft tools I grabbed turn to about 15,000. In aluminum they cut a heck of a lot better. Also, getting that big heavy motor off of my Z-axis improved performance 3 fold. I used to have to leave the Z-axis kinda sloppy on the ways, stay under 4 inchess off the table at all times, and turn the stepper down to 10 IPM. With this improvement I am moving the z-axis at 30 IPM with no problems at all, and I was able to tighten up all the adjustments on it and eliminate all the slop.
In addition to the picture here is a short video showing it running at 30IPM on all axis, ramping at 15 IPM and taking off .006 at 30 IPM and 50% stepover.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfcaT1AB2gMThe second spindle is retracted while I cut a single workpiece, but if you look close I can raise or lower either spindle relative to the other one so I can zero to two seperate work pieces and cut them two at a time. Yeah it looks kind of Frankenstein, but it works. The adjsuter clamps are actually modified single spindle clamps that I made a couple days ago for another project. When I saw how well it worked I decided to setup a dual clamp system and cut pieces two at a time.
I will be getting a couple other handpieces soon that use collets instead of a chuck and increase the number of end mills I can use.