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Jun 8, 2011
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- First created · 19 backed
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- Website: buildlog.net
Pledge $1 or more
98 backers
Thanks from me - A Mention on the Backer Page - Priority access to buy from first production run - Access to the "MakerShip" program.
Pledge $32 or more
26 backers
A 200mm laser marked commemorative thank you piece
Pledge $64 or more
16 backers
Laser marked piece plus 6 feet of MakerGuide
Pledge $128 or more
81 backers
Laser marked piece plus 12 feet of raw material plus enough wheels and brackets to build a simple system.
Pledge $256 or more
35 backers
The laser marked piece plus a mid sized kit with various lengths of material plus a bunch of wheels and bearings.
Pledge $512 or more
4 backers
The laser marked piece plus a large sized kit with various lengths of material plus a bunch of wheels and bearings.
Pledge $1,024 or more
2 backers
The laser marked piece plus a large kit and free access to the extrusion tool if you ever wanted to buy tons of material at cost to sell full CNC kits. (Not for resale of raw material or basic slide kits).
Creator Barton Dring on October 31, 2011
bdring (at) buildlog.net
Creator Larry on October 31, 2011
Does anyone know how to contack Barton Dring ?
Thanks
Creator David Snell on October 27, 2011
+1 for MakerBeam's comment about a miniaturized version.
Creator Larry on October 27, 2011
Hi,
I pledge a $1.00, what can I buy and what is the cost?
Thanks, Larry
Creator David Snell on October 24, 2011
Got my Makerslide today and I have to say it all looks to be excellent. I LOVE the look of the black anodized piece. I cannot wait until you can start anodized varieties from your store. In the meantime maybe people can do it themselves:
http://www.observationsblog.com/4/post/2011/10/anodizing-and-dying-aluminum-without-battery-acid.html
Creator Bill Griggs on October 22, 2011
I got my Makerslide and it looks great. I made a video of the unboxing. I am so happy with the execution of this project. Great job Barton. http://www.makermasters.com/makerslide-a-first-look-at-an-open-source-linear-bearing-system
Bill
Creator Steven Brendtro on October 19, 2011
Got my MakerSlide reward today... Great job Barton! Its been an honor backing your project!
Creator Ray Hammond on October 16, 2011
I received my makerslide reward. It looks great! Excellent execution Bart.
Creator Bill Griggs on October 12, 2011
Bart, I thought I would let you know about the articles I have put out on Makerslides recently. I am looking forward to getting my Slides so that I can begin working on two things we mentioned when we spoke.
http://www.makermasters.com/shapeoko-being-tested-with-makerslide-open-source-linear-bearing-system
http://www.makermasters.com/shapeoko-diy-cnc-router-table-makes-its-first-cut
http://www.makermasters.com/makerslide-starting-to-ship-open-source-linear-bearing-system
Bill
Creator Barton Dring on September 22, 2011
Yes...and the actual price may come down a bit from that at the time of shipment.
Creator Nathan Logan on September 22, 2011
On the $1-31 reward survey, you list nylon spacers at $25 each. Do you actually mean $0.25 each?
Creator Yuji Tomita on September 22, 2011
Bart, you are awesome. Thank you for putting in all of the hard work to make this happen.
I can't wait to build the laser.
Creator Barton Dring on July 12, 2011
FYI: While we are waiting for the material to arrive, there are some fun ideas getting kicked around over at buildlog.net
http://www.buildlog.net/forum/viewtopic.php…
Creator Ravichandra Seveelavanan on June 8, 2011
Well done!
Personally I am hoping this system leads to open source medium power cnc router
All the best
Chendy
Creator Cameron Brown on June 8, 2011
Congrats on such a succesful project!
Creator Barton Dring on June 5, 2011
We have another sponsored MakerShip project!
It is a simple camera dolly. There is a write up on it here...
http://www.buildlog.net/forum/viewtopic.php…
The Delrin wheels on steel V's I currently use are almost silent, so this will work well for this project.
Creator Sam Atman on June 5, 2011
Go Bart! I remember when you mentioned this last year, glad to see it go so well.
It won't surprise you to hear I'm keenly interested in a miniature version of MakerSlide! Drop me an email sometime...
Creator signal7 on June 4, 2011
It's good to see someone tackling this problem. I've wanted a CNC platform for ages, but I was never very enthusiastic about using old printer parts to get the slides. Some extrusion manufacturers have alternatives, but the ones I saw didn't appear to be able to handle very much use.
I'm really looking forward to playing around with this system.
Creator Michael Manfre on June 2, 2011
Congrats on exceeding the pledge goal. I'm looking forward to the CNC router build.
Creator Larry on June 2, 2011
Barton,
I posted a link to your site at http://www.cnczone.com/, The MakerSlide
Creator Nick Taylor on May 26, 2011
Nice one - I'll buy some of this... see if I can get it to work as a video-camera slider... it costs about 8x less than the cheapest alternative.
Really like the modular aspect as well. I came to this page via a story about open-source laser-cutters... and what you're doing looks a little like a high-tech lego-type approach for making really quite sophisticated machines.
Creator Lee Wenger on May 26, 2011
Great idea - happy to support this - I'll definitely be buying some of this stuff.
You're right about the rails being one of the biggest areas of cost/complexity - the other being the drive system. I hope you'll think about creating some future variant of this that has an integrated drive capability - I'm thinking something along the lines of a rack that could be just built in to the extrusion somehow. A stepper powered follower plate would be a really nice addition too.
Congrats that you've got your funding!
Creator Barton Dring on May 25, 2011
I plan to do an open source CNC router with this material. I don't think a second "project" will be required. I plan to start the project in late June. The design process will be documented at buildlog.net, just like the 2.x was.
Creator sjhu on May 25, 2011
Great work. I pledged for $128, but i'm more interested in a full CNC router- and/or 2.x laser kit. I hope you will add this. If it is too much for this project, maybe a second project?
Creator Barton Dring on May 20, 2011
We have our first sponsored "MakerShip" project!
This is the SYSGRO project. It 3D printer project that uses a digital light projector to create a model out of UV resin. They want to use some MakerSlide on the column that moves the build platform.
http://www.buildlog.net/forum/viewtopic.php…
Creator Nick Meyer on May 20, 2011
Can't wait to get an update on the timeline for availability, this looks great although it may be a stretch for the medium duty wood routing I plan on doing, although I always feed slow. Any idea on the weight capacity of a single v-bearing bracket?
Creator Barton Dring on May 18, 2011
If you can present it visually via sketch, CAD, Sketchup, etc, I will definitely consider it. I could use a pick and place machine!
Creator Giant Shoulder, Inc. on May 18, 2011
Great work, I'm looking forward to getting the MakerSlide components. I'm interested in building my own Laser (you've got that covered) :). Also, I'm interested in making a small SMT/SMD pick-n-place machine for proto/small run builds. Dunno, if that's of interest for your MakerShip program.
Creator Barton Dring on May 13, 2011
FYI: A detailed rendering of the Sketching in CNC video is here.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/buildlog/5716949497/in/photostream/lightbox/
Creator Joshua Franz on May 12, 2011
I only gave $1 at this point, but I intend to give more when I can! This project opens up so many opportunities!!
Creator daniel on May 11, 2011
#92, even after your goal has been reached, think this project deserves support! Best of luck
Creator Tomi on May 11, 2011
Congratulations from me too. Well done, great work!
Creator Chris Muncy on May 11, 2011
Proud to be #72!
Creator Bill Griggs on May 11, 2011
Congratulation Bart! Your dream just became a reality.
Creator Lucian on May 11, 2011
Glad to be #75.
Great work Bart.
Thanks
Creator David Snell on May 11, 2011
Went past the funding mark with 28 days to go! Congratulations.
Creator Olly Butterfield on May 11, 2011
I *love* this idea. Spent too long getting depressed looking at expensive linear slide systems!
Creator Bill Griggs on May 11, 2011
$500 to go.
Creator CubeSpawn on May 10, 2011
Excellent Idea - I'd like to use it for an implementation of my project: CubeSpawn - which is also open source! ;-)
Creator Yuji Tomita on May 10, 2011
Thanks Bart :D
Creator Nick Lucking on May 10, 2011
I think this is really exciting !!