Re: Linear slides (and a rant on extrusions)

Hi Tom,

I'm down here in gloriouis souther jersey,
Woodland township. pine barrens area.
my office is in Pennsauken near Camdem.

just an hour drive to Fazio's

Dave

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., "ths992001" <thscarince@h...> wrote:
> > McMaster Carr.
>
> Exactly what I was going to say, Dave.
>
> > and if you want to go the distributor route,
> > don't be impolite and ask how much.
>
> I'm constantly frustrated by the "quote" process for off the shelf
> parts. For instance, Pittman motors has a Pittman Express catalog
of
> in stock, same day shipping motors. BUT it takes at least a day to
> get a PRICE, at least via email. I asked for a price list,
> but "sorry, we don't have one." Yeah.
>
> As a mechanical engineer, I have to look at the cost/benefit ratio,
> not spec out my ideal motor and pay whatever it costs.
>
> > while on my rant, I paid $1,200 for the die for my
> > extrusions, then like $1.20 per pound for the aluminum.
>
> Sounds like custom extrustions are in the same category as custom
> plastic injection moldings.
>
> There MAY be an opportunity here. Way back when, there was a
student
> who would take orders for say 100 of a particular electronic
> componant, buy the 100 at the quantity discount and pass most of
the
> savings to his customers and get his parts for "free".
>
> BTW, Dave, you mentioned that you are in NJ... Whereabouts? I'm
up
> north in Warren County.
>
> - Tom Scarince