Re: Linear slides - a distributer rant.

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., Bill Vance <ccq@x> wrote:

> I know what you guys mean here, but consider this: When you have a

local distributor, and assuming it's an, "in stock", item, you can go
over and fondle it, and ask, "Say, you got one of these that has
feature(X)?" If not, you can at least check out the possibility of
something that might be modifyable....

SURE!!! I've met about zero distributors in Miami that stock anything
that isn't a really standard item such as 1/4-20 bolts. I called a
local distributer who pointed me to someone in Sebring who told me to
call someone in Michigan (the manufacturer) who gave me a part number
so I could call the first or second person back so they could call
the guy in Michigan to give him the price they wouldn't give me so
they could add their 20% and call me back. I haven't seen the
distributer chain add much of anything.

Roger