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> Shaper Origin: Hand-Held CNC Machine As it hand-held machine, then it's NOT a CNC[0] by design... > Computer numerical control (CNC) is the automation of ma
by app4soft 9y ago
> Shaper Origin: Hand-Held CNC Machine
As it hand-held machine, then it's NOT a CNC[0] by design...
> Computer numerical control (CNC) is the automation of machine tools by means of computers executing pre-programmed sequences of machine control commands. This is in contrast to machines that are manually controlled by hand wheels or levers, or mechanically automated by cams alone.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numerical_control https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numerical_control
- westoncb 9y agoIt's still numerically controlled. 'Hand-held' just refers to its size, not how it's operated.
- xellisx 9y agoAll the pictures I'm seeing are showing it being controlled by hand.
- lincolnq 9y agoYeah I was confused by this also. It is cutting a precise vector shape by making small adjustments to compensate for hand shake and such. The "circle" you can see it drawing on screen is the amount of error it can tolerate before it will start cutting in the wrong place.
- westoncb 9y agoActually looks like it's a hybrid approach: you have to move it by hand within a certain range of the path it's attempting to follow/cut, but the path it actually cuts when within range is determined by path data given to it (in the form of an SVG it looks like).