Hi,

> Sorry to horg in on the conversation, but how cheap can you get linear
> guides

    This is our list... The messages belong to all of us... We are here to
help each other.

>--Production cheap?  Hobby cheap?  Tightwad cheap?  I've toyed with
> this idea as well, but obviously not gotten very far with it (other than
> cluttering up the basement with misc. tractor type drives gleaned off of
> other equipment.)

    Here in brazil I can get 4 igus rails for about Us$ 120. It is cheaper
than spending the time to use old printer parts and not getting the job done
so well. I know that myself, I have done that :-) The guides I am talking
about may not be good enough for a router or a mill but will surely be good
enough for a pick and place machine where precision is not that critical.
Picking and placing 0805 components do not require too much precision.

    If you have any more questions fell more than free to ask.

Best regards,
Alexandre Guimaraes

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