has anyone got experience with "speed demon" linear guides?

[MatD]

Hello,

as the title says, has anyone got experience with these: http://www.lm76.com/speed_rail_osg.htm



grts,
Mat

[jseiler]

I'd love to know about their pricing.

j

[lgalla]

I sent an email about pricing to them.Hope to hear from them to-morrow.
larry

[bekx]

i just got my rails, similar design (isel dsf 1), 0 play right out of the box, i payed ~500 euro for 2x3m and two shutles

much better&cheaper then the igus i got for the short axis, too bad i didn't find isel first

the link for my rails
http://www.iselautomation.de/product...lang=en&ID=p14

[MatD]

Originally Posted by lgalla I sent an email about pricing to them.Hope to hear from them to-morrow. larry

I have also sent en email (monday) but still no reply yet.
Have they already replied to you?

[lgalla]

No reply
Larry

[MatD]

I still did not receive any email. Already sent another one about 5days ago but nothing yet. They're just not interested I guess.

[Switcher]

I like this rail setup ( http://www.lm76.com/speed_rail_osg.htm ), anyone find a price yet?




Homepage = http://www.lm76.com/

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[Switcher]

I found they have a bunch of links, & an 800 number.

http://www.lm76.com/our.htm

LM76 140 Industrial Drive E. Longmeadow, Ma 01028 1-800-513-3163 International: 413-525-4166 Fax: 413-525-3735

[lgalla]

Finally found pricing.Not too bad.
http://www.automation4less.com/lm76osg.htm
Larry

[schbrownie]

Guys,

I've used something similar... not sure if it was from this company.. but I think it looks exactly the same. The only issue with these systems is in the adjustment of the rollers. I had two issues, the first being the tool to adjust the rollers had to be ordered separately (which was a pain that I didn't know about) and the second is that the sliders move differntly once under load... I ended up building my whole system and then having to take most of it apart to adjust the sliders so that everything would move how I wanted it to. I spent a whole night taking apart and putting the whole thing back together over and over again until it moved just right.

Since that time, I found a product from pacific bearing (www.pacific-bearing.com) called redi-rail which has an adjustment on the side. They are the only company I know of which has this adjustment and I used this rail on the next gantry I build... it only took me about 10 minutes to set all of the preloads... and I was able to do it without having to disassemble anything. I just used a standard allen wrench (I was happy not to have to buy any special tools) to adjust some set screws.

By the way... the sales lady I spoke with last time at pacific was really nice... and when I told her that I had pricing from somewhere else that was a little cheaper (like $10 on a $300 order), she went ahead and matched the price! Pacific has an 800 number and you actually get to talk to a live person when you call. I hate calling those companies where you have to push 1 for this and 2 for that... only to get someone's voicemail that never calls you back!

Good luck

~Jon