Does anybody sell pre-made dovetail stock?

I can't say nobody sells it, but I can say I've never seen it for sale. - GWE

Like Grant, I have never seen it for sale in the form you describe. You might have better luck going 'higher' in your assembly tree if the assembly resembles something available commercially. For example (maybe not relevant in your case), you can buy leadscrew-drive machine tables/slides in an incredible variety of sizes and precision.

If you can share a little more specifics of what you have in mind, you will probably be deluged with suggestions here!

You can get bronze plated steel dovetail components from these folks...

Newport might sell something that would suit you, although they probably don't make anything in brass.

Wow, that's amazing. Just who buys this kind of stuff, what applications?

Presswork and multi-slide forming machines. It's a lit easier to build up forming dies and slides from pre-made parts than doing it the old way from scratch.

Didn't see many real photos but this site may give you an idea :

Thanks Everyone!!! Several hours of internet searching was futile until I posted here. It's going to be used on a hobby type item: a sinograph: You know that a compass can make a circle on your paper, but this unit will make a sine wave of various amplitudes and frequencies as it is slid across your paper. Sort of a fun item to create, I hope.

Thanks again!

Ned Simm> > I am building a small project using only stock parts requiring no

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Look for junk computer printers. Inside you will find a nice small linear bearing and shaft that you might be able to use for your project.