NEMA 23 Motors
They arrived! We’ll try to ship all outstanding orders on Monday.
MakerSlide
Not here yet.
MakerSlide and NEMA 23 Update
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MakerSlide and NEMA 23 Update
MakerSlide
The rail left the factory yesterday, and should arrive tomorrow (Friday), or Monday at the latest.
NEMA 23 Motors
They are on the delivery truck, on their way to us. They may arrive today or tomorrow.
MakerSlide and NEMA 23 Update
MakerSlide
Just spoke to the factory. I am not happy. They have not finished cutting our order. They still have to do the 250 mm lengths and one other length. They think they’ll be done by noon tomorrow, and they’ll call after that to arrange delivery.
NEMA 23 Motors
The shipping company have revised their invoice and I have paid it. They will let me know the delivery date once they go through customs.
MakerSlide and NEMA 23 Update
MakerSlide
I just spoke to the fabricator. They have finished cutting our MakerSlide, so all that’s left is to arrange delivery. But they work short days on Fridays, and the person who can do that has already gone home. So, next week!
NEMA 23 Motors
The ship is in port and they’re unloading the containers. I got an incorrect invoice for customs charges, so I’ve asked them to amend it. That should not cause a delay, though. They expect to deliver the motors to us on Thursday.
All-in-One Status Update
MakerSlide
I just spoke with the fabricator. MakerSlide is going to be cut next week. Their saw operator was off sick, and they didn’t want to have a less experienced person cut the MakerSlide, because it’s so easy to damage. That’s reasonable, but communication could have been better.
eShapeoko
I will send another batch of invitation emails today or tomorrow. Orders will have a lead time of about three weeks. The current batch is almost exhausted: some orders will be fulfilled from the current batch, some from the next batch. Here’s what we still need for the next batch:
- MakerSlide: on order, see above, although there’s still some stock for some eShapeoko sizes;
- Some laser-cut parts, most critically the mid-span supports. Ordered today, normal turnaround about a week (unless they’re very busy);
- Misumi profiles for the frame, and M3 insertion nuts: ordered today, normal turnaround 5-8 days;
- Most standard fasteners and some nylon spacers: ordered today, normally delivered next day. (Got shipping notifications for both while writing this post. The nylon spacers took a grand total of 16 minutes from payment to tracking number. Now that’s efficient! It helps, though, that all they have to do is stuff them in a shipping bag — there’s nothing fragile to protect. Still, very impressive for a small company.)
- Packing the baggies of small parts: we’re already working on this, and expect to finish before the stock of already packed parts runs out.
We’re good on all parts with long lead times, such as belt pulleys, V-wheels, leadscrews, bearings and so on.
NEMA 23 Motors
The good news is that they’re on their way. The bad news is that the ship is scheduled to arrive on 4 March, not mid-February as I was led to believe, and it’ll probably take another week for the local shipping company to unpack the container, load our motors on a truck, and deliver them to us.
I’m emailing the people who bought backordered NEMA 23 motors with the unpleasant news tonight.
MegaRail 80 and MegaRail Z
I’m promised a quote tomorrow! I already have quotes for the dies, and I’ve settled on designs for both.
Sparrow L-100
More on that soon.