Please recommend a slider/glider for GH1

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Black_Ste

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Hi

Don't know if this is the right forum.

Can someone please give a current recommendation for a slider which will not break the bank (say under US$150) for use with GH1.

This is mostly for personal use. I planning to mount it on my tripod, but if it can be used standalone, it would be added bonus. Never used this or seen someone using it, so do not know what are the considerations when buying.

Thanks in advance.
 
Under $150 you can only buy two 1000mm rails with linear bearings.
It'll be about $100 for rails + 4 bearings.
Smothness will be better compared to Zaza slider.
Weight for 12mm rails will be, of course, larger (due to steel rails).
 
Thanks everybody.

It look like I am limiting myself seriously by restricting it to 150 bucks. If I were to increase my budget to say 250-300 or slightly more what would be my options? I kind of sucks at DYI hardware stuff.
 
Forgot to add, portability would be important too because these are mostly family stuff. I am now thinking of about 500 bucks also if it is worth it. That Philip Bloom one look nice but don't know if it will be an overkill for me.
 
Vitaliy Kiselev said:
Under $150 you can only buy two 1000mm rails with linear bearings.
It'll be about $100 for rails + 4 bearings.
Smothness will be better compared to Zaza slider.
Weight for 12mm rails will be, of course, larger (due to steel rails).
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are these the sleeves with bearings inside them? came across some in a catalogue and thought of its applications for a slider but they didnt have a flat end to mount them to a plate.

do you have any pics of the rails and bearings ?

thanks
 
thats exactly what i was looking at =) by the looks of it it should be able to mount onto the igus rails if you get the right size. or last resort buy two rails and bolt them to aluminium spacer plates for mounting to tripod + rigidity.

definitely gonna pay a bearing shop a visit to see first hand how smooth these are.

EDIT: closer inspection seems to indicate igus rail stems are off centred so these probably wont fit it.
 
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Sorry, why do you need to mount it on ignus rails?
I really do not understand.
This lot is for TWO rails and four blocks with bearings.
And this thing is smooth.
 
750mm or 1000mm?

750mm or 1000mm?

For travel purpose, is it be better a 750mm length?

Or is 1000mm suitable and the sweet point length anyway?
 
No one knows, except you.
But steel rails are not light weight things.
You can always cut rails to you preferred length, or buy set of 2x1m and 2x0.5m rails (something like $150)and 8 blocks making two sliders.
 
Vitaliy Kiselev said:
Sorry, why do you need to mount it on ignus rails?
I really do not understand.
This lot is for TWO rails and four blocks with bearings.
And this thing is smooth.
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the idea was to save weight if it was able to fit the aluminium igus rails i would just go and buy some linear bearings to fit. but they dont. would have also made life easier to mount to a tripod too. just have to source some aluminum rail extrusion wit the same profile to match. unless there is some special interaction between the bearings and steel that is better than bearing to aluminum.
 
http://www.kesslercrane.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=327&Itemid=105

Black_Ste said:
Forgot to add, portability would be important too because these are mostly family stuff. I am now thinking of about 500 bucks also if it is worth it. That Philip Bloom one look nice but don't know if it will be an overkill for me.
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shooter_ said:
For travel purpose, is it be better a 750mm length?

Or is 1000mm suitable and the sweet point length anyway?
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I wonder myself about the same. For answering to Vitaliy entry but about Kessler's, the difference between 0.75m and 1m models, it is only 1 pound. So it is more size than weight concern.
 
Vitaliy Kiselev said:
http://cgi.ebay.com/linear-bearing-...435?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item27b6aafbcb
Quality is good.
Aluminium support under the rods is attached using good hex screws.
So, you can either remove it completely and use screws to mount your plates, or cut original out and leave small parts at the end.
You can also buy end mounts (look at 12mm).
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Interesting link Vitaliy, I bookmarked this one. Just out of curiousity, what are materials like this normally used for? Industrial robotics?
 
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