Frustrating lack of information about MakerSlide specifics
Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2012 9:27 pm
I pre-ordered (4) 6ft lengths of MakerSlide from Inventables.
But unfortunately there is a conspicuous avoidance by the people involved
with inventing/distributing MakerSlide to discuss how much it can handle.
Questions have been asked/ducked on the Inventables forums, and I see
the same thing happening on this forum, when people ask questions about
how much force the wheels will take, how long the slides can go for.
So I don't know what applications if I can reasonably expect to MakerSlide with.
For example can I use it to support a spindle like a V90? What about a ShopBot?
What are the practical limits? Can I use it with 282 oz/in NEMA 23 steppers or
400 oz/in NEMA 23 steppers to build a solid, reliably larger gantry router
(I'd even be willing to double-up on the sliders per rail as long as I didn't
spend all the money on sliders and wind up regretting it because it wasn't
really practical).
I'd like to know how much weight the slides can take, how long the delrin
wheels can hold up, etc... However, because I can't get any data like that, I just
assume one can use it for very lightweight and light duty purposes.
I boughtt these slides because I thought I could save some money with them,
but it looks like now, lacking any verification that the maker
slide system can scale up to be used in a substantial system, I'm going to
be stuck spending money on serious industrial rails anyway, and I'll be stuck
with MakerSlide unless I need some light duty slider system some day.
Help us out here, folks. Give us an idea about what we can expect with these
slides... what reasonable applications are and what unreasonable expectations
are (and please don't tell me expecting a decent answer to questions like
this is unreasonable).
But unfortunately there is a conspicuous avoidance by the people involved
with inventing/distributing MakerSlide to discuss how much it can handle.
Questions have been asked/ducked on the Inventables forums, and I see
the same thing happening on this forum, when people ask questions about
how much force the wheels will take, how long the slides can go for.
So I don't know what applications if I can reasonably expect to MakerSlide with.
For example can I use it to support a spindle like a V90? What about a ShopBot?
What are the practical limits? Can I use it with 282 oz/in NEMA 23 steppers or
400 oz/in NEMA 23 steppers to build a solid, reliably larger gantry router
(I'd even be willing to double-up on the sliders per rail as long as I didn't
spend all the money on sliders and wind up regretting it because it wasn't
really practical).
I'd like to know how much weight the slides can take, how long the delrin
wheels can hold up, etc... However, because I can't get any data like that, I just
assume one can use it for very lightweight and light duty purposes.
I boughtt these slides because I thought I could save some money with them,
but it looks like now, lacking any verification that the maker
slide system can scale up to be used in a substantial system, I'm going to
be stuck spending money on serious industrial rails anyway, and I'll be stuck
with MakerSlide unless I need some light duty slider system some day.
Help us out here, folks. Give us an idea about what we can expect with these
slides... what reasonable applications are and what unreasonable expectations
are (and please don't tell me expecting a decent answer to questions like
this is unreasonable).