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You seem to know way more about the fields so I defer, but I think there is a market for just cutting wood, plastic or soft metals like aluminum. A low cost mac
by 21 9y ago
You seem to know way more about the fields so I defer, but I think there is a market for just cutting wood, plastic or soft metals like aluminum. A low cost machine obviously will have a bunch of limitations.
- philipov 9y ago2400$ isn't exactly low-cost.
- icegreentea2 9y agoIt's definitely not cheap, but its in the ball park for CNC wood routers (obviously you can find cheaper stuff, especially if second hand). There's value to some hobby users in that it looks like you get to save on bench space. For some users that might be the difference between having and not having a CNC wood router.
- matte_black 9y agoWhy wouldn’t a $1400 dollar shapeoko or x-carve be better than this?
- opencl 9y agoThis doesn't take up an enormous amount of shop space, can be used on arbitrarily large workpieces, and probably requires far less calibration and maintenance work. I have a 2' x 2' CNC router and can easily think of usecases this would be better for. A 4' x 8' CNC router is sure as hell not going to be cheaper than this thing.
- froindt 9y agoI wonder how accurately it would work on a 4' x 8' piece. If I cut some curvy shape near the edge of the piece and followed the dashed line perfectly, would I end up exactly back where I started or would I miss by half an inch?
- hexane360 9y agoIt uses strips of QR codes to position itself on the workpiece. It's an absolute measurement not a relative one, so there's no drift.