Linear slides for future projects

[ovm.steve]

I was rootin’ around the basement yesterday when I came across some long forgotten toys. I retired from the engineering department of Modine Manufacturing. While I was there, every time we redesigned a machine or process, we would end up with perfectly good parts that were discarded or sold to employees at auction. The 8 foot slide was only 2 weeks old when then discarded it (they payed over $20,000 it and was just going to be thrown in the scrap metal bin to be melted down. My plan way back then was to build me a large CNC router/laser when I had some extra time. Ten years later I’m still looking for that spare time.

3 foot slide

4 - 4 foot slides (2 with steppers)

4 foot pneumatic slide.
Not pictured are 4 - 2 foot slides and 1 - 8 foot slide.

[dklgood]

Lucky you. when I root around in my basement I find most dust and worse. Nothing fun like this.

[PrintToLaser]

I have a few items like that, they were much too good for the trash. I hope to live long enough to find an inspired use for them.

[cynd11]

Wow, fancy! I just don’t have a concept of what you would do with something like that. Can you show an example?

[rbtdanforth]

@cynd11

I just don’t have a concept of what you would do with something like that.

Just the thing for having your Glowforge pro near to the wall most of the time but able to slide into the room when working on a longer piece,

[ovm.steve]

Not my video, but this will give you an idea of what I could do with them.

https://images.app.goo.gl/zVrpSvweKr34Zy1v7