Author: finley

The process is going well. All of the parts are printed and all of the base magnets are assembled. Cleaning the parts takes the longest, and there are a few more parts that need to be cleaned. The remainder will be adding the PTFE tape and assembly. I’m thinking they will be available to purchase…

The next batch will be released in a few weeks. There will be 20 matte black sliders.

I’ve been considering hanging it up. It’s a tedious process to make them, and I won’t lower my standards. My printer is acting up, so I’d like to take apart the feeder mechanism if I’m going to start printing again. Generally, life things have been keeping me busy lately. On the plus side. I do…

I’ve made 10 so far. I have enough materials to make 20 and ‘thought’ I made 20 shells, but I only printed 14. I’m not sure if I should start selling now or when I have all 20 made. Also, I’m going to increase the price to $59.95 each. I’m doing this because of all…

I have most all of the slider bodies produced and cleaned up. I’m waiting on magnets, the bases still need to be printed, and time for assembly. I’m really pleased with the quality of the prints. At one point I thought about printing the parts less dense to save time and material. I’ve decided against…

Things were busy for a bit, but have slowed down. I have time now to work on the next batch. I’ve been working on getting a cleaner print to come off the bed. It’s been tedious work cleaning up the completed prints. Each one has to be trimmed by hand, and I do it using…

I’ve been busy with life stuff lately, so I’ll need a few months before I’m able to release the next batch. I’m going to do a bit of redesign on the slider to make it more reliable to print. The next batch will be the matte black slider 2 click version. At some point I’d…

Sliders are printing, I have about 5 or 6 printed. They still need to be cleaned up and assembled, and I’m still waiting on parts to complete the sliders. I’m pleased with the quality and the process so far. The enclosure has been nice. Clicky slider testing I’ve made one clicky slider and it feels…

Last night I finished building the enclosure and venting system for the 3D printer. Everything is working and I test printed a slider. The shell came out great, but the magnetic plate magnet spacing is off by .05mm. I’ll have to test and make adjustments. I printed a blue material, but I’ll try black filament…