Quote Originally Posted by Advil View Post
at the $25k range... do dovetail ways and 2hp still make sense? It might for you, but think hard.
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To be brutally honest, they don't make sense at $10000. Small mill worthy linear rails cost $1000-$1400us a set to the factory, and reduce the price of the casting as is doesnt need hardening, grinding, turcite, etc. So call is $1500-$2000 retail on a tormach sized machine...

GOOD beefy hardened ground and scraped dovetails with turcite B like on an old deckel can be better than mid grade small linear guides. People always love to talk about the rigidity and damping... but the tormach does not have good dovetails by any stretch of the imagination. The actually are one of its weakest points even when compared to other cheaper hobby machines, forget a haas.