New CNC Mill on the horizon

[Jonathan]

I was looking at the prices on there and to be honest by the time I have added up the cost of shipping the lengths I am looking at and added the chance of VAT on top its looks like I could buy the same from Zapp for about £25 more but new (thats based on what they have on their eBay store at the moment) probably better to go new I would have thought.

I am assuming 4 blocks on the z axis is a must for a machine like this? This was the original plan but i thought i better check.

Definitely 4 blocks. The problem is you're just looking at buyitnow listing, which are obviously going to be more expensive than waiting and bidding. Via bidding and negotiation my friend and I have got the following:

Hiwin: New, Two rails and 4 blocks, 15mm*640, £80
Hiwin: New, Two 15*760mm Two 15*1150mm, 10 blocks, £360

THK: New, Two rails and 4 blocks, 25mm*760mm, £100
THK: Used, Two rails and 4 blocks, 25mm*300mm, £80

...etc, you just have to be patient and I need to stop buying them all!

All of those prices are significantly less than the eBay listing linked to in post #7... than one isn't a good deal.

I still want to get two 2120mm rails for my X-axis, but ones that long don't come up very often at all and postage is of course very expensive.

[JAZZCNC]

Hiwin: New, Two rails and 4 blocks, 15mm*640, £80
Hiwin: New, Two 15*760mmw Two 15*1150mm, 10 blocks, £360

Probably Stolen goods. . Lol