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Ship Hold, Kicking it Forward (OpenRail)

Update #14 · Jul 6, 2012 · 1 comment

My old mentor used to say that mistakes are an opportunity for improvement.  Well, we have some opportunity for improvement coming right up.  We are currently in ship hold - we've had some issues in test shipment with packages falling apart.  We have taken corrective actions, and we hope to be out of ship hold early next week.  More details in this blog article.

Also, as part of the "Kicking it Forward" campaign, I have backed Mike and Trish over at OpenRail.  Take a look at their linear slide system here and consider backing them as well:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/openrail/openrail-open-source-linear-bearing-system/posts/261027?ref=activity

That's 1/3 of a Rostock delta bot!  

Exciting times ahead!  We will solve our current shipping issues and get OpenRail into the hands of our backers, and ... cool things will be built!

-=- Terence, Rachel and the furry monster puppy




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      Creator Chris Burrows on July 6, 2012

      Hi Terence!

      Here's a solution:

      Get a "plier stapler" # ST694BP from www.staplex.com along with STH501 3/8" staples.

      It works on my tubes for years with no problems (except when the post office smashes the whole tube :-P)

      Cheers!

      Chris

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