ShapeOko, a low cost desktop CNC machine is now being tested with Makerslide and open source linear bearing system. The ShapeOko CNC Router is unique because it is made from Laser Cut plywood parts. It was successfully funded in July on Kickstarter.com, a crowd funding website. The project received nearly 8 times more than it’s […]
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By Bill Griggs
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Makerslide Starting to Ship – Open Source Linear Bearing System
By Bill Griggs
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Makerslide Open Source linear bearing system have begun shipping. Barton Dring the creator of Makerslide recently posted information on his Kickstarter project announcing that he had begun some initial shipping of Makerslide to his backers. Makerslide is a new open source linear bearing system which is low cost and should allow folks to make CNC […]
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By Bill Griggs
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Barton Dring the creator of Makerslide sent his Kickstarter supporters news that the first batch of Makerslides has been received and will be shipping soon. Dring posted an update which talked about his trip to the aluminum extruder plant to take delivery of the first batch of Makerslides. From reading the report it sounds […]
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Kickstarter backers of the Makerslide project got their first glimpse of the sample batch of Makerslide extrusion. Makerslide extrusions are a low cost alternative for creating bearing surfaces for CNC machine building. Project founder Barton Dring posted pictures of two 4′ long sections of the material on his kickstarter project page. These are samples […]
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The Makerslide project was successfully funded on Kickstarter. The funding should help ensure a new, supply of affordable linear slides. The project was funded in just under 48 hours and then continued to gather support. The funding raised was 445% of the expected goal. Designer Barton Dring stated he will use the $26,268 to […]
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