[ramasule]

Hello,

I am about to order an acme leadscrew from mcmaster.
Is there anyother bang for buck upgrades you guys would suggest that I can get from them that would be worth it?

Maybe bearing end units for the screw or something like that?

Thanks,

Derek L

[ger21]

Unless you've ordered from them before, I don't believe they'll ship to Canada.

[ramasule]

Oh they ship to canada I just phoned them.

[ger21]

There are a LOT of posts on here from people saying that they won't ship there. People have said that they'll take your order and call you back later and say they can't ship it. Good luck.

http://www.cnczone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=44080

http://www.cnczone.com/forums/showpo...0&postcount=21

[ramasule]

well I phoned to get the shipping costs on 3 5start 1/2 10 rods and the guy gave me the price and the shipping times to expect. Maybe I just got a unknowlegable guy.

After all he didnt know where in canada alberta was :/.

[Ayjay]

I ordered and received my flanged bearings from MCM a couple of years ago. In fact there was a problem with the order and in the end I ended up receiving the order twice. They were really good about it. I got a couple of phone calls and the even said to keep the extra order as it would cost more to send it back. I think the order was less than $20.00

[dertsap]

try these guys if you have any troubles http://www.fastenal.com/

[ramasule]

Yeah they have 3 offices in edmonton. Only trouble is they want 60 bucks for a 12' chuck on general grade 1/2 -10tpi acme rod and will only sell it in 12' lengths!

For that price id rather get stuff from mcmaster.

[dertsap]

they want 60 bucks for a 12' chuck
.

crap , 60 bucks ??? they suck !
i'm surprised about the 12' lengths , theres a fastenal down the hill from me and i bought a 6' piece 3/4-6 for around 30 bucks ,ive noticed their prices change from person to person , i think it depends on if they drop a company discount or not

[ramasule]

for sure... it also makes a difference if the oil companies buy everything and they think every joe blow makes 200,000 a year

[.xXACEXx.]

they think every joe blow makes 200,000 a year

wait!!!!......you mean every one dont make 200,000 a year???lol this hobbie can get expensive fast huh..when i first started wanting to build a router ,i had a budget of $100.00 for the motors and controls,,,soon i saw if i want to build something ,it might as well be usefull...so i wanted bigger stuff(not huge just bigger) and that left me where i am today...with out anything

[ramasule]

Hehe my story is I'm into high voltage projects 4hv.org and I was wanting a way to easily produce replicable supports for frame and such. I also wanted to be able to prototype circuit boards.

So there I was about to buy a new laptop when all of a sudden bam 1000 bucks sunk into a cnc and I havnt even sat down to build it yet.

(but hey i got a nice router and spindle still in box :P)

[dertsap]

for sure... it also makes a difference if the oil companies buy everything and they think every joe blow makes 200,000 a year

200,000 , i thought kids at mcdonalds are making that near the oil patches

[ramasule]

Pretty close I think a high school dropout can make 22 an hour at mac D's in fort mcmurray

[dertsap]

Pretty close I think a high school dropout can make 22 an hour at mac D's in fort mcmurray

i know ,
thats why i was kidding in my last commend but at the sametime wasn t

[ramasule]

It's sad because its true

[.xXACEXx.]

i dont wanna get off topic here but ....you are kidding right ??? about a kid making 22 an hour at mc'd's??? cause i dont make no where near that ..and ive been machining for over ten years prolly...if your not joking....that is really sad i need to quit machining and go to mc'd's i guess

[ramasule]

im not kidding, but rent is also 2000 a month for a bachelor apartment so you may want to just stay where you are at.

[dan_the_welder]

Hey,

It's also cold as balls.

I spent a winter doing seismic up there, and went kinda nutty. It's so common there is even a term for it: "getting bushed".

Made lots of money, drank most of it, and ran back to Toronto swearing I'd never do anything just for the money ever again.

Dan

[dertsap]

".

Made lots of money, drank most of it, Dan

Great Canadian passtime