MakerSlide Extrusion by bdring

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The MakerSlide extrusion, designed by Bart Dring from makerslide.com, is an innovative V rail integrated into a standard aluminum extrusion profile. This design simplifies the creation of light-duty CNC systems and reduces costs. The author has converted the design into various formats including OpenSCAD + DXF, Blender, and Sketchup for easy usage in free software. The MakerSlide extrusion profile is available as makerslide_extrusion_profile.dxf, which was imported into Blender and converted to millimeters. Additionally, an OpenSCAD script called makerslide.scad has been created to demonstrate the built-in DXF import-and-extrude function in a module for convenient usage. A delrin V wheel model, vwheel.scad, is also available. In Blender, makerslide_2D.blend and makerslide_3D.blend files contain the 2D and 3D MakerSlide extrusion profiles respectively, while vwheel.blend contains a mesh of the delrin V wheel with a bearing. For Sketchup users, makerslide_100mm.skp offers a 100mm extrusion along with one V wheel. Another parametric version by Meduza is available in the Sketchup 3D Warehouse but lacks the wheel model.