Smithy Bearings -- The Saga Continues

Update:

It occurs to me that I didn't check the bearing or the spindle for dings. If I see anything obvious I can stone it off (well, if it's on the inside of the bearing I may order another bearing instead of a round stone). I'm going to check for this.

I suspect that the real problem is that the spindle was just made a bit too big for the bearing. I can see those happy guys in their Worker's Paradise making a tradeoff between just bashed it together, making their quota and keeping their jobs, versus trying to make it right, not making their quota, going back too their village and starving.

I really don't like the idea of turning the spindle down, mostly because I don't know if I can maintain decent accuracy, but also because I don't have a toolpost grinder and it would be most inconvenient to make one without the mill that I'm trying to fix. None the less if it comes to that I may see if I can dummy something up with blocks of wood and a Dremel tool (ick).

Alternately I could call Smithy and see what they say -- I suspect that since they've allowed this to happen in the first place they're not going to be good for much, but it may be worth a try. Anyone know how responsive they are?