Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Dovetails...can I buy these off the shelf?

Reid Tool has them but they aren't cheap. $299 for 4" wide and 5" travel.
$355 for 9" travel. Smaller sizes are also available. These are grade 40
cast iron with sliding (end adjusted - the best kind) gibs.

www.reidtool.com

Doug

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From: "mueller914" <mmueller@...>

> For my shoptask 3-n-1, I need to fix the very poor design of the
> swinging millhead unit. I'm not too keen on thier newest design
> option using the 4 posts (quadralift) to move the millhead up and
> down. I've tried to find off the shelf dovetails with no luck. It
> seems everyone sells linear rails but not a dovetail rail in the size
> I'd feel comfortable with.
>