OpenBuilds® OPEN RAIL™ Open Source Linear Bearing System

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The OpenRail™ system was created by Mark and Trish Carew of http://www.OpenBuilds.com UPDATE V9.Zip added to include VSlot® Extrusion Framing Systemhttp://www.thingiverse.com/thing:69333 OpenBuilds™ Parts are now available in many easy to use and share formats! Including STEP / IGES / SolidWorks / SketchUp Please see the OpenBuilds Parts Resource section here to grab'em. http://www.openbuilds.com/resources/categories/openbuilds-parts.5/ Thank you and all the best with your builds! Mark Carew Example buildsOpenBuilds® Open Rail is a new Open Source Universal Linear Rail System designed to be used in conjunction with various sizes of readily available T-Slot aluminum extrusions. The Open Rail system will be made of 6061-T5 Aluminum with Black Hard Coat Anodized, Type III, which means we will have the ability to use both metal v wheels for heavy wear light duty applications and plastic v wheels for quiet light duty applications. This, along with Open Rail's unique ability to adapt to many different aluminum extrusions configurations makes it the most versatile linear rail system available today. The linear V guides have been around for a long time. The problem in the past has been mounting them to existing extrusions. This can be difficult and unconventional. Open Rail was designed to make installation a breeze (easily installs with included screws and t-nuts) and completely customizable unique to each machine. NOTE: The pictures included are quick renderings to give a few examples of what could be possible. They do not represent complete machines...Yet! :) Thank youOpenBuilds Team Instructions Dream it - Built it - Share it™ OPENRAIL™Where can I get it?http://www.openbuildspartstore.com Check out the link for videos and more info:http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/openrail/openrail-open-source-linear-bearing-system Features A few key features that make the OpenRail attractive to the Maker in us all, is the ability to span the t-slot with pre-drilled holes and use t-nuts for easy mounting to t-slot extrusion. Open Rail will be hard coat anodized (harder than tool steel) http://www.matweb.com/reference/anodize.aspx. The Open Rail system is versatile in that it has the ability to overlap and create a single double v rail extrusion system as well as fit onto other extrusion configurations. Open But most of all, what we feel is the most important and exciting aspect of the Open Rail system is the ability to bring this to the open source world so that others can build from it. Our intention is to share this idea completely with everyone who wants to create with it. When the drawings are final they will be open to anyone who wants to create the Open Rail. There are no commercial limitations so small maker businesses are free to sell these extrusions to help further seed this system to others. We are working to have dies made overseas so that the guys over there will not have to pay large shipping to have an inexpensive and customizable linear rail system for making their next cool projects. UPDATE - NEW VERSION OF OPENRAIL HAS BEEN UPLOADED! V7 Just uploaded a new ZIP that contains lots of different formats (Thanks to George and Scott) including an updated version of the SketchUp model which has been cleaned up a little and now contains a new extrusion we did not know was compatible 8020s series 10 profile! Download the Zip and Check out the SketchUp for more. *MK - http://www.mknorthamerica.com/store/series-25/profiles.html (Check sketchUp to which ones will work) *Bosch - http://www13.boschrexroth-us.com/Framing_Shop/Product/Default.aspx?category=10101 (Check sketchUp to which ones will work, there may be more of these out there. Just added a few we found) *8020 - http://8020.net/T-Slot-5.asp (10 series profiles (fractional) - 20 series profiles (metric) - 25 series profile (metric) Check sketchUp to which ones will work) *Misumi - http://www.misumiusa.com/CategoryImages/AluminumExtrusions/Extrusion-Browser.html (Check sketchUp to which ones will work) *OpenBeam - http://blog.openbeamusa.com/ (Works with smaller screws with OpenRail stacked double. Take a look at the SketchUp) *MakerBeam - http://www.makerbeam.eu/ (Works with smaller screws with OpenRail stacked double. Take a look at the SketchUp) This is a short list of some of the extrusion profiles OpenRail is compatible with (Check the SketchUp for sizing with the profiles you want to use) We are sure there are more If you find them please let us know in the comments.