Cheap square linear rail.

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On my YouTube channel Banggood sent me some Machifit 20mm rails to look at along with generic ballscrews and mounts. They are for my drill press to create an XY table and allow accurate drilling of holes and bored features.

Now I got them for free to include in my videos and being only a drill press I thought it would be a low risk option to have a look at them. I’ve only got enough parts for the Z axis so once I’ve got this up and running if I’m happy them I will buy some for the XY part of the table. If not then back to Hiwin for the rest, but I would be able to report out how I got on either way so hopefully everyone would benefit and make an informed choice.

So far they look OK from a few limited bench tests and I’ve not found any issues but really I can’t say any more until they are on the machine and I’ve used them properly. Also this is not a CNC machine so there will be no rapids but I will expect accuracy. Progress is a bit slow so that may be some time away before they are in use. Have a look at Ep7 if you are interested in how I’ve got on so far. If you can’t wait until I’ve got them in a working machine then you won’t go wrong with Hiwin.

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