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Do you have any recommendations for machines that someone could reasonably fit in their home to replace a cricut?
by benrbray 6y ago
Do you have any recommendations for machines that someone could reasonably fit in their home to replace a cricut?
- atian 6y agohttps://glowforge.com/our-products https://glowforge.com/our-products https://flux3dp.com/beamo/ https://flux3dp.com/beamo/ Glowforge Pro - $5,995 Glowforge Basic - $2,995 Beamo Desktop (30W) - $2,000 All-in-one laser cutter on your desk. Otherwise modifying a 3D printer (e.g. Ender 3/5) with CNC/Laser attachments work as well if your budget is much lower. :)
- duckfang 6y agoPlease note that Glowforge ALSO requires the obnoxious cloud to actually cut. And being forced to rely on "cloud" is how Cricut is able to bait-n-switch users and effectively demand more money for purchased hardware. There is absolutely 0 reason why a CNC laser cutter needs commodity internet at all. And I'd argue that an internet controlled fire-causing laser is a Bad Idea. Because Glowforge requires their server farms online, Glowforge could pull a Cricut at any moment's notice.
- WrtCdEvrydy 6y agoBeamo is local only through USB, I may or may not have been tempted to buy it just for that.
- cproctor 6y agoGlowforge is cloud-based too though, and doesn't accept gcode (ddingus's criterion from another comment on this post [1]). What evidence is there that Glowforge isn't just at an earlier phase of the same pattern? [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26479791 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26479791
- ddingus 6y agoExactly. There is no evidence. Anytime there is lock in on machines, there will eventually be rent seeking. I have zero trust on this.
- ddlsmurf 6y agoOne evidence is that glowforge open sourced their stuff, not saying it would be easy, but it does make it possible to avoid their cloud thing https://github.com/Glowforge https://github.com/Glowforge .
- ddingus 6y agoIf the cutting op protocol is exposed, that is really good. We can make a library. Nice to know.
- jnwatson 6y agoThose are not even close. A Cricut starts at $200.
- ddingus 6y agoThe rental begins at $200, right?
- jazzyjackson 6y agoCricut is a small CNC exacto knife, they cost ~$200
- jazzyjackson 6y agoPeople use Cricut/CAMEO to cut vinyl stickers for the most part. Can't cut vinyl with lasers, you get chloride.
- scoates 6y agoThe reasonably-priced response to this is the CAMEO from Silhouette.
- monknomo 6y agoUS Cutter MH series cutter would probably fit the bill. they range from small to quite large
- matt_the_bass 6y agoI have extensive experience with a nice Roland at a local Fabian. And I recently bought an MH series for home projects with the kids. I’m pleasantly surprised how good the MH is for the money! Assuming $20/birthday present, the machine will easily pay for itself in a year of gift making. Plus I get the kids to help make their friends gifts unique rather than buying something from a store. That is priceless to me!
- AdamJacobMuller 6y agoWhat is a Fabian?
- Symbiote 6y agoPerhaps a typing / autocorrect error for Fablab: https://www.fablabs.io/ https://www.fablabs.io/ In other words, a type of maker space / hackspace.
- matt_the_bass 6y agoYup. Good catch!
- matt_the_bass 6y agoSorry. Should have been fab lab
- supermatt 6y agoWill it register and cut out a print (contour cut)? I love the cameo silhouette for that, but dont see it mentioned for the MH.
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- sllabres 6y agoHappy user of silhouette.
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