Wide MakerSlide in Europe to enlarge X-Carve

X-Carve Parts & Files
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Hi. I am mounting my first X-Carve and I am already thinking for enlarge it.

I have de 500x500 model and I would like to enlarge the X axis to 750mm. The problem is that the taxes and shipping cost for only this piece to Spain.It will be more than 100$ :frowning:

Anyone know if is it possible to buy it in Europe?
Or maybe someone knows an alternative with more common profiles?

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As an alternative you may want to consider Catalin Voinescu’s “Megarail”:

https://amberspyglass.co.uk/store/megarail.html

he was an early leader in the Shapeoko 1/2 project and provided a lot of information for the wiki — see: Shapeoko CNC Router, Rigid, Accurate, Reliable, and Affordable for a potentially useful link to there.

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Thanks for your quick response. I will investigate about these profiles to see if they are compatible.

One solution that has just occurred to me and I have done a quick test would be to use two Makerslide profiles (Y axis). I would only have to join them with a 4.15mm gap. And the best of all is that they sell them in Spain!

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Yes, that was the original way to do this before Wide Makerslide was developed, see:

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This was the original set up as stated above. There is good reason inventables moved away from the design. You will more than likely spend more than $100 trying to get it rigid.

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Try robotsavy that’s where I got mine in the uk. Great guys just give them a call with anything you want off Inventables website. They will add it to there next order and let you know when it’s in. They usually do a big order every 2 weeks.

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Robotsavy is the only alternative I have found in Europe, but with the shipping costs it cost me a total of 110$, too much for a aluminiun bar.

I think the cheap alternative will be rigid enought for me, thank you!