Re: Linear slide with DIY rail

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "turbulatordude"
<dave_mucha@...> wrote:

>
> --- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "Horace, T.L.Ho"
> <skyfroghorace@> wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I found it hard to buy (second hand) linear slide with enough

rail

> > length sutitable for our project. My idea is to keep the blocks

and

> > machine my own rail. Has anybody done this before ? Any inputs

will be

> > thanked.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Horace.
>
> Hi Horace,
>
> what type of machine ?
>
> Many people have used 80/20 for their machines. I think it comes

in

> up to 20 foot lengths ? maybe on 10??
>
> The slides are not too hard to make, and not too expensive to buy.
>
> you can buy a lenght, and then mount that on some larger structure

for

> support over the span.
>
> Dave
>

Hi Dave,

Not that long, what I need is around 3-4 foot only. You can find
many of one foot long with nice blocks on eBay, this is why it came
up with the idea of DIY rails.

Regards,

Horace.