Update (22 December 2015)
The eShapeoko kits are now available to buy directly. You do not need to make a reservation anymore. I have removed the form.
Original Post
Many people said they would like to reserve or pre-order an eShapeoko kit, to make sure they don’t miss out when it came back in stock. I haven’t changed my decision on pre-orders (I will not accept paid pre-orders), but I don’t see why I could not reserve future stock. I will keep a list of people who’d like to order a kit, and put aside those kits until they get around to ordering them.
If you’d like to reserve an eShapeoko kit, please use the contact form below (preferred), email me, or use the contact form in the store.
Please use the following code when describing the kit:
- X rail type:
- DX dual X rail
- SX single X rail
- X carriage spacers:
- -N nylon spacers*
- -A aluminium spacers (only available with dual X rail)
- Frame type:
- -s classic (closed) end plates (machine size limited to 375 × 500)
- -OE open end plates (machine can be any size)*
- -F deluxe frame (only available for 750 mm or longer Y axis)
- Zaxisleadscrew type:
- -M M8 threaded rod*
- -Z Tr 8 x 2 trapezoidal screw
- Motor mounting hardware:
- -R NEMA17 on all axes*
- -S NEMA23 on X axis, NEMA17 on Y and Z
- -T NEMA23 on X and Y axes, NEMA17 on Z
- -U NEMA23 on all axes
- X rail length in mm (375, 500, 750, or 1000);
- Y rail length in mm (375, 500, 750, 1000, or 1500).
Options with an asterisk are the defaults and can be omitted.
For example, DX-A-OE-Z-T 500×750 is a machine with dual X rail, aluminium spacers, open ends, trapezoidal leadscrew, NEMA23 motors on X and Y and NEMA17 on Z, X axis 500 mm long, Y axis 750 mm long. DX-N-F-M-R 1000×750, or DX-F 1000×750 in short, is a machine with dual X rail, nylon spacers, the deluxe frame, standard M8 threaded rod leadscrew, NEMA17 motors on all axes, X axis 1 m long, Y axis 750 mm long.
I estimate the kits will be back in stock in the first half of August. Reserving a kit is free and comes with no obligation, but I would appreciate it if you used this form only if you genuinely intended to buy. Once a week or so, I will collate the requests and allocate them serial numbers (you’ll get an email). This will help me plan ahead and make the delivery quicker.
Update: shipping cost
The store calculates the shipping automatically, based on the size and weight of the items in the basket, and on your address. Because the kits are out of stock, you can’t put them in the basket, so that doesn’t work. To give you an idea of what the shipping cost would be, for a typical large kit (1000×1500, weighing about 15 kg):
- Domestic (UK): about £12 (about £24 to Northern Ireland, but small kits are much cheaper);
- Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland: about £25;
- Austria, Denmark, Finland, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Sweden: about £28;
- Czech Republic, Hungary, Norway, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland: between £30 and £35;
- Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania: between £49 and £56;
- Cyprus, Malta: £65;
- Croatia: £92.
For the really ridiculous rates (last three lines), the size of the kit matters a lot — smaller kits will be much less expensive to ship. For the rates under £35, the size does not make such a difference (expect to pay about £5 less for the smallest kit).
Update: Confirmation Email
I collate the requests and send confirmations once a week. Please do not ask for a confirmation in the comments, or by email, unless more than a week has passed and you did not get a confirmation email. Thank you.
Update: Form Removed
Please order your eShapeoko in the store. It is no longer necessary to make a reservation.
Just reserved 🙂
Thank you.
Thanks for this possibility! It will save a lot of time checking if the kit is available again. I instantly reserved one last monday after reading this post 🙂
Regards,
I have reserved mine, hope to receive it by next month.
Best regards.
Thank you. The plan is to have them back on sale in the first half of August. The reserved kits will go out first, of course.
Can you please confirm you have received my form
Thanks
Yes, got it.
You asked about the deluxe frame vs. the standard open-ended frame. Here are the instructions, which I hope will clear it up.
Can you confirm you have received my form please?
Thanks 🙂
Yes, I have. Thank you!
Could you also confirmation my reservation? Also if possible I would like to include a set of limit switches with my reservation.
You are Number One on the list. Thank you.
I have lots and lots of limit switches, no worries.
Hi There,
Could you also confirmation my reservation?
Im also thinking of upping the size to 750×750 and the deluxe frame is this ok?
Cheers
Your reservation is in, and I’ve upgraded it.
Could you confirm my reservation please (where am I on the list 🙂 )
Thanks
Hi there, thanks for the confirmation email.
If it’s not too much hassle, could I change my order (serial number 273) from a dual-x to a single-x?
Thanks,
David Walker
No problem, but I advise against it. The machine will be usable for lightweight work, but you’ll be disappointed with how much it flexes.
In fact, I am seriously thinking of removing the single X option, and offering only dual X rail, and only with aluminium spacers for the carriage. Less than 5% of orders are for single X rail or for dual X rail with nylon spacers. Removing the very rarely used choices would allow me to reduce the price of the popular choice a little, too.
Ah, OK – in that case, could I keep the dual X and upgrade the spacers? Better than than regretting it later!
Thanks with!
*thanks again
Hi there!
Can you please confirm my reservation?
Also can you please tell me an estimated delivery for the kit?
Many thanks and keep on the good work!
Regards
I got your reservation.
I still don’t have a firm date for the delivery of MakerSlide; my best guess is mid-August. Once it arrives, I’ll contact you to invite you place your order and pay for it. It should then take us a week or so to pack and ship your kit, but I’ll have a better estimate at that point. We’ll try to have as much work as possible done in advance (basically, everything but the MakerSlide packed), to make your wait as short as possible.
Thanks for the confirmation e-mail. Could I make a slight amendment please to my order (number 275) as I got the x and y the wrong way round. As the X is the gantry, could I keep all the options the same, but the x be 750mm and the y 1000mm.
Thanks,
Allen.
just reserved! Hope to hear you soon!
Paolo R.
If possible I would like to upgrade to nema23 to x-y axis and add nema23 motors to the order. I would also discuss a possible y upgrade to 1mt, but I need your suggest about which motors are the best choice (nema23 0.9 or 1.8°) for a 50cm x100cm frame.
Thanks
Paolo
hello
have you read my new order ?
thanks
Yves
I saw it. Don’t worry, reservations come with no obligation — they just keep your place in the queue, and give me an idea of what you’d like to order, so that I can plan ahead. When you receive the invitation to order, you’re free to choose any configuration you want, regardless of what you reserved.
Hi, can you kindly confirm me my order?
Thanks
Andrea
I’ll go through the reservations later today, collate and confirm them.
Thank you.
Please contact me because I’ve probably made a double reservation.
Don’t worry about it, it won’t cause any problems.
Hi, can you kindly confirm me my order?
I send you about 1 month
Thanks
Yes, I have a reservation from you.
Hi. Wondering if you could tell me if you received my form from a few weeks back? Any ideas how long it will be? Thanks.
Hi there,
Filled out pre-order form on the 8th of December sent a follow up contact using the store contact us page on the 22nd but have had no confirmation mail or response to the follow up. Did you get my pre-order and do you have an eta ?
I got your reservation. Sorry for the lack of answer. I’ll confirm all reservations in a day or two — I need some information from the fabricator to give a reasonably accurate ETA.
Please could you tell me if the reservation made by me some day before Xmas is arrived?
Best Regards
Carlo D.
Got it, will confirm all by email in a day or two.
I’m waiting for the email.
Hi, Have sent a couple of requests now, first about 9th Dec second via email 7th Jan but no reply yet, please advise
I have now replied to your email. Sorry.
Hi,
Could you pleease tell me if you received my reservation that I submited a couple of days before the new year?
Many thanks
Yes, I have your reservation.
Hi, could you let me know is you got my reservation, I sent it a little over a week ago.
Thanks!
Yes, got it.
Hi,
I didn’t get any answer to my reservation yet. I send it about 10 days ago.
Do you have it or should i do a new reservation?
Thanks
If you still haven’t received it, let me know.
Hello!
Is there a huge demand of the product that no-one responds to enquiries and emails? Could you please send me a confirmation email if the eshapeoko kit will be available to buy and an approximate shipping time.
Right now I haven’t got any confirmation from you despite having done the reservation via the form. That way I could have little assurance that this is in fact a viable thing here and also I could plan a little ahead 🙂
Thanks,
Siim
siim.k2ngsepp@gmail.com
Got no email or enquiry from you, sorry. The only thing I have is a reservation from about a week ago. As the post with the reservation form explains, I collate and confirm the reservations about once a week. If there was anything else from you that somehow did not reach me, please re-send, or reply here if it’s not private.
Hi, I sent a reservation about a week ago, can you confirm whether received or not?
Thanks
I have received your reservation.
I removed the single X options from the store, because 97% of the orders are for the dual-X version, but, if you really think the single X is better for you — that is, if you use the machine for very light duty such as pick and place, or milling foam — I still have the parts to make one or two single-X kits, so it shouldn’t be a problem.
Thanks 🙂
I am building a pick and place, so I thought single-X might be better, but it’s no problem either way.
Hi, can you please confirm my reservation.
Thanks
Confirmed.
Please I’m still waiting for the invitation, the mail on 21 january said the time was about two week but a month is passed and no email. I’ve send you a request by e-mail a week ago but still no answer. I hope this blog is cheked.
Regards
onekk
I have your reservation, and I have responded to your email. When I said two weeks, I was expecting the MakerSlide to be delivered that week. They have not delivered it yet, and I am not prepared to accept more orders until I have the rail in hand.
Just checked the spam mail and there is no reply on my email of a week ago, so it has to be lost someplace in the web.
Thank you for the prompt reply, Have you idea about the times?
Regards
onekk
carlo.dormeletti@gmail.com
Hi,
We´ve sent a reservation email on 14 february and a reminder last week with no answer.
Can you confirm us you received the reservation?
Regards
Yes, I have. I am still waiting for the delivery of MakerSlide. Once it’s here, I’ll accept more eShapeoko orders. It’s supposed to arrive this week.
Hi
i’ve sent you a pre order for a eShapeoko kit about a month ago and i never get an answer for that order, about 2 weeks ago i also leave you a message via contact us form in the online store and also i don’t have an answer. Can you please update me for the status of the order. The name is Pedro Serodio. Thanks
I have your reservation. Once we have the delivery of MakerSlide, I will send out a set of invitations to order, and update emails to everyone else. I’ll post on this blog when I do that.
Hi,
I reserved eShapeoko more then week ago, but still no confirmation,
Thanks for help
I have your reservation.
any updates ?? what is your prevision of delivery time after you receive the maker slide??
Just reserved! Waiting patiently for confirmation … 🙂
/T
Just placed a reservation as I was awaiting the “early rush” after the kickstarter to order some slide. That didn’t happen so I’ve reserved.
Wiki is very empty though…!
We’ve never had a Kickstarter (just an Ulule campaign back in 2012, organized by Harry Raley).
I fixed the wiki.
Hi There,
I reserved an eShapeoko the 21st of september, but still no confirmation for the moment.
Can you please confirm my reservation.
Thanks
Best regards.
I have your reservation.
Thanks.
Hi,
I reserved an eShapeoko last week (the 8th of december I think), but still no confirmation for the moment.
Can you please confirm my reservation.
I also have to tell you that the adress I gave is wrong and I will have to give you the correct one.
Did you find a solution for your makerslide cutting issue ?
Thanks
Best regards
I have your reservation. Don’t worry about the address, you’ll have to enter it again when you order.
I can cut MakerSlide nicely, but it’s a stop-gap measure: I have only so much stock with defects that can be re-cut. I hope to get my delivery soon.
Do you have a rough estimate for my order shipping date?
Thanks again.