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I ran across these rails and picked up a pair. There are a few left if any of you are looking for stuff like this:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/321335524441

The travel is more than I need, but I will extend the two blocks further apart on the rails to decrease whatever play in the rails I encounter by as much as possible.

A few individuals are making their own 3d Printers based on the Lasershark/TwoStep electronics or simply a LaserShark and a RAMPS board:
http://macpod.net/electronics/lasershark/lasershark.php
http://macpod.net/electronics/twostep/twostep.php

To follow their progress, it's worthwhile checking out the sla printer builder forum:
http://www.buildyourownsla.com

For host software, Creation Workshop seems to be the popular choice:
http://www.envisionlabs.net


I'm currently developing software to act as a "3d Printer Server"  which 3d modelers/slicer gui apps can connect to via JSON-RPC:
https://github.com/macpod/lasershark_3dp/tree/master

More information and documentation in general will be available after the software is developed more and a client application is made.


This company doesn't seem to be around anymore but for historical and technical resource reasons reason's it's worth noting Pryntech's printer:
http://pryntech.com

More information about OpenLase may be found at the following sites:
http://marcansoft.com/
https://github.com/marcan/openlase (Be sure to check the branches!)
http://macpod.net/electronics/lasershark/lasershark.php

More information regarding the SX2/CN2 Tachometer may be found here:
http://macpod.net/misc/sx2_tachometer/sx2_tachometer.php

More information regarding the SX2/CN2 Tachometer may be found here:
http://macpod.net/misc/sx2_tachometer/sx2_tachometer.php

More information regarding the TwoStep may be found here:
http://macpod.net/electronics/twostep/twostep.php

More information regarding the TwoStep may be found here:
http://macpod.net/electronics/twostep/twostep.php

More information regarding the LaserShark may be found here:
http://macpod.net/electronics/lasershark/lasershark.php

More information regarding the LaserShark may be found here:
http://macpod.net/electronics/lasershark/lasershark.php