Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: type of mill table slides?

Hi Bill, Dave,

I never had my hands on the machine! At the time, I believe I was
assisting someone else in tracking down information on the router for
someone, I can't recall. I posted the pix for one who could not. email
messages around the posting date might be useful.

Dave's observations are quite accurate. The slides are standard
"rack-mount" stock. I believe they WERE supported at each end. Easy,
as there are tabs on the slides for use in rack mounting of equipment.
Check for rack mount suppliers, or surplus sources.

The article was well done as I recall, and appropriate for the light
duty job (was it PCB drilling?) outlined in Dan's article.

Alan KM6VV

turbulatordude wrote:

>>>They look like good quality drawer slides to me.
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>>Well, ok, but what are they? what brand and who makes them? Maybe
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> home made,
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>>from what I can see of them I can't figure out how they're constructed.
>>bill
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> LOWES has many drawer slides in different lenghts.
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> google cnc foamcutter and you should get a bunch of lists that talk
> about them to great extent. suppliers and all that.
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> They are low cost compared to real linear slides. In the photos, they
> look unsupported, but maybe Alan will enlighten us as to how he likes
> the machine ?
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> If you have a lightweigth application, they could work well. In my
> limited experiance, they are not precision so will wobble around a bit.
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> Dave
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