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OpenBuilds Site Sees New Milestones
Thanks to you makers and builders out there the OpenBuilds® site recently surpassed 300 builds to share with the member community! Another milestone we are proud to announce is our number of site members has grown to over 20,000 as of this month! A big THANKS to all those who have posted their builds, its really awesome to see the creativity and ideas that come along with the opensource sharing we enjoy at OpenBuilds®. It is just phenomenal how our community has grown worldwi
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Sep 30th 2015
New size for OpenBuilds V-Slot™ System
New V-Slot™ Sizes
The Openbuilds® store has added a new lengths to the assortment of V-Slot products
250mm lengths are now in stock and available to ship for ALL sizes of Vslot!
This includes:
Our new 40mm size V-Slot, OpenRail Slot Covers As well as C-Beam™ for your heavy-duty projects
OpenBuilds Part Store is now stocking
1500mm, 1000mm, 500mm, and 250mm
in all V-Slot products!
Available
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Sep 16th 2015
A SPECIAL THANKS
OpenBuilds Moderator Staff 2015Hello Builders-We would like to express a big "shout out" and heartfelt Thank You to the OpenBuilds.com Moderators for doing such a fantastic job!We cannot express our appreciation enough to those who keep the site clean and up and running the way you do. Without your daily follow through and expertise we could not be what we are to the Openbuilds community.Again, keep up the GREAT work and THANKS for your diligence and caring the way you do for the websi
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Sep 14th 2015
Official OpenBuilds Solidworks Parts Library
The OpenBuilds Team is proud to announce the release of it's official parts library resource
Solidworks 2014 OpenBuilds Parts Library - CLICK
STEP OpenBuilds Parts Library - CLICK
IGES OpenBuilds Parts Library - CLICK
'The goal when creating this library was to produce simple and accurate models. Samples of all parts were measured directly. PDF drawings of the machined parts are provided for reference.'
-OpenBuilds would like to thank member Rob Stehlik&n
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Jul 30th 2015
C-Beam Machine Mechanical Bundle
The OpenBuilds Team Is Proud to PresentThe C-Beam™ Machine'Plate Maker'Here at OpenBuilds, we understand the need for you to have the power to create custom plates for your builds because we have the same need as well.How many times have you been working on a design only to find that ‘off the shelf’ plates are not going to work without some type of modification or customization?Wouldn't you like to be able to create beautiful, custom plates that are specifically made for your build? Because real
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Jul 16th 2015