3 axis ballscrew and rail kits on ebay

[Desertboy]

I bought from that company had no issues with quality but was different kind of slide. If I were you I would consider 2 upgrades (Contact the seller they will put it together for you)

25mm supported rail for the 1m axis with suitable bearing blocks
2 ballscrews with supports for the 1m axis (So you end up with 4)

that should not add more than £100 to the cost but well worth the upgrade.

Ideally you would use hiwin's but that would push the cost up to over double and for a light duty home machine supported rail should be fine.

Getting it from Germany there will be no import tax which is a bonus I just imported 3 ballscrews from Hong Kong for £250 and the import tax will be £54 so not inconsiderable.

[Richard]

I bought from that company had no issues with quality but was different kind of slide. If I were you I would consider 2 upgrades (Contact the seller they will put it together for you)

25mm supported rail for the 1m axis with suitable bearing blocks
2 ballscrews with supports for the 1m axis (So you end up with 4)

that should not add more than £100 to the cost but well worth the upgrade.

Ideally you would use hiwin's but that would push the cost up to over double and for a light duty home machine supported rail should be fine.

Getting it from Germany there will be no import tax which is a bonus I just imported 3 ballscrews from Hong Kong for £250 and the import tax will be £54 so not inconsiderable.

Thanks for the info. I assume these are all coming from one or two suppliers with multiple ebay seller identities.

Interesting that you got stuff that wasn't banana shaped!

I am just tossing up all the options of a modest, light mill machine to just play with, without spending a mint. So the ballscrew kit with some profiles vs a ready build Chinese 6040/6090 type. (looked at routerchina - TianJiao and chinacnczone - Scotle)

If I can get all the key parts for say £500, I might give it a go.


And yes, the shipping fees are all over the place but £500 to get to Sweden must be their way of saying, no thanks!