02:31 <Noxz> there's some small piezo linear drives that cost about $1k USD per axis.. I once had it bookmarked

02:33 <Noxz> the Newport Agilis series.. AG-LS25 is 12mm travel, and $680 USD

08:03 <SpeedEvil> yeah - well - for scanning stages for optical mics, that seems ridiculous overkill

08:04 <SpeedEvil> If you're talking about something that moves at slow speed, over a short distance, and is manually controlled, not requiring great repeatabiity

08:13 <_Sync_> well, if you have automated steppers you want them to be fairly accurate

08:13 <_Sync_> otherwise you could do it by hand