MakerSlide Open Source Linear Bearing System
A project in Chicago Metropolitan Area, IL by Barton Dring000days
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An open source linear bearing for CNC equipment that is low cost and extremely easy to integrate into your design.
Backers: 269
Average Pledge Per Backer: $98
Funded: $26,268 of $5,900
Dates: May 9th -> Jun 8th (30 days)
Project By: Barton Dring
Backers: 269
Average Pledge Per Backer: $98
Funded: $26,268 of $5,900
Dates: May 9th -> Jun 8th (30 days)
Project By: Barton Dring
$26,268
current pledge level
Last Updated: May 28 @ 12:10 -0400 GMT
445%
of goal
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Latest News
Almost Done With Rewards 
November 20th - via: kickstarter.com
I am sorry about the long time between updates. Most of the day to day discussions lately have been happening over at my buildlog.net forum. I am about 80% done with the rewards. I still have quite a few international ones to finish. They take... (Read More)
Starting to ship rewards
October 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
I finally got the last items, the carriage plates. I have started shipping rewards. I shipped a few today to get the feel for shipping the large boxes. I have a bunch more to ship tomorrow. I should get into full production soon. I have... (Read More)
Video of work area
September 24th - via: kickstarter.com
People were asking for photos of the extrusion fabricator. Unfortunately I did not take any photos, but here is a quick video of my simple work area (garage) for the MakerSlide material. (Read More)
Makerslide is in the house!
September 24th - via: kickstarter.com
I wanted a little more control over the first delivery so I went to pick it up myself. I don't have a fork lift or raised dock, so I knew the unload would be slow and manual. My friend Edward Ford (of ShapeOko fame) went with me. I rented a... (Read More)
Error on $128 Survey
September 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
$128 people get 12 feet of material. If there are any other typos, let me know. If this affected your survey response, send me a private message. (Read More)
Rewards Coming Soon
September 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
This post is for backers only. Please visit Kickstarter.com and log in to read. (Read More)
Getting closer to completion
September 7th - via: kickstarter.com
Material Status I got some good news today. The material has been extruded and is off to the anodizer. That usually takes a week and then there are a few days for delivery. I should begin filling the rewards shortly after that. The rate of... (Read More)
Thousands of parts
August 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
The amount of material coming in continues to freak me out. I received 5000 of the eccentric/cam spacers today. This is from a new, higher volume source. I now have about 6,000 of them. That will be enough to cover all the rewards. I also... (Read More)
New Samples!
August 11th - via: kickstarter.com
I received a pair of four foot sections of MakerSlide yesterday. These are samples from the second test of the die. They do not have any finish treatment on them, but they still look very good. I have tested some carriages on them and they run... (Read More)
Die Status
July 25th - via: kickstarter.com
The problem with the movement of the hole turned out to be a cracked mandrel. A new mandrel had to be ordered. This is putting off the next test run until next week. I was hoping to bring a big piece to the Detroit MakerFaire. The extruder happened... (Read More)
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