Greetings from Nottinghamshire

[Clive S]

Here you go one designed just for cutting wood and light aluminium work.

Nice paint job how about a pic. of the control box

[JAZZCNC]

Nice paint job how about a pic. of the control box

Here you Go.!

[Stressedwoodman]

Just starting to collect all the essential bits (linear bearings etc). I am just going around (again) if it's more economic to get the hgr20 rails in the uk. I was going to get the rails from " cnc4you" but have questioned if there hgr20 rails are Hiwin, or a patent part, still waiting an answer. Does anyone know if they are, and if not a uk stockist I can get a quote off.

btw - just getting my head around importing all the standard parts into NX, so I can post my machine design, for your critic.

[Neale]

I bought some rail and carriages from CNC4YOU a year or two back. Can't be definitive about the rails as I can't see any markings on them but the HGH20 carriages are clearly marked Hiwin.

[Stressedwoodman]

Got a response back from cnc4you, they are an equilivant rail. The million dollar question is are they going to be as good as hiwin ones? Experience anyone?

[Clive S]

Got a response back from cnc4you, they are an equilivant rail. The million dollar question is are they going to be as good as hiwin ones? Experience anyone?

I think they will be more than good enough for a hobby build I would doubt that you could tell the difference.

[JAZZCNC]

Got a response back from cnc4you, they are an equilivant rail. The million dollar question is are they going to be as good as hiwin ones? Experience anyone?

Have you tried Fred at BST because I doubt you'll buy them cheaper in UK or even get close on price and they are genuine Hi-win.

[Stressedwoodman]

Got a quote back from Fred. I have also got a quote from "transmission CNC" for the same which significantly less - anyone used them, seem to be a medium preload fit which I am not sure if that's an issue or not.

[mattnedgus]

Have you tried Fred at BST because I doubt you'll buy them cheaper in UK or even get close on price and they are genuine Hi-win.

I saw BST mentioned somewhere in a post earlier too, while browsing for Bellows and Wipers (neither of which I installed when I finished the machine!) - is it BST Automation on Aliexpress you refer to? I think a couple of years ago I read Chai from Linear Motion Bearings was good so I sourced from him. Where do people tend to source these days (I might need another ballscrew if I can't get the wooddust out of this one!) and what's the quality like?

EDIT: Oh or these? BST Linear