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This is what it actually does: https://www.maslowcnc.com/about-maslow4 https://www.maslowcnc.com/about-maslow4
by mhb 2y ago
This is what it actually does:
https://www.maslowcnc.com/about-maslow4 https://www.maslowcnc.com/about-maslow4
- throwaway81523 2y agoAha, a plunge router attached to a Roomba j/k ;). That page is very helpful. Hard to say what it's good for unless you're a dedicated woodwork buff. Otherwise a jigsaw seems like enough for a lot of this.
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- Projectiboga 2y agoI think it can do beveled and rounded edges plus do surface cuts* like for cabinent doors. And this will cut even edges, jigsaws are trickier for curves. *(likely wrong word)
- zharknado 2y agoCapabilities that would be most impressive with a jigsaw: - 50mm of z-axis travel - Cuts in the center of a 4x8’ sheet of material - Repeatable cuts to a decent tolerance - Cuts made while you sleep
- diggan 2y ago> - Cuts made while you sleep Can you leave the Maslow completely unattended? The video examples/timelapses I came across seems to always have a person removing sawdust (or something) every X minutes.
- syntaxing 2y agoIt’s pretty ill advised to leave any subtractive manufacturing machinery unattended
- mhb 2y agoCan we have a word about my butter sculpture?
- buildsjets 2y agoCommercial machine shops that run “lights off” typically will have continuous process monitoring, automated fire detection, automatic fire extinguishing, smoke containment and evacuation, and of course the correct permits and insurance coverage.
- okaram 2y agoAnd, correct me if I'm wrong, they also have a person somewhere around and a big red button, right?
- jdietrich 2y agoNot if they're running lights-out, which is increasingly common in machining. A modern machine tool with all of the features mentioned above is designed to run unattended. It isn't uncommon for bar-feed lathes or mills with pallet pools to be actively running for >160hrs per week. If you're careful about your parameters and run the machine well within its capability, you rarely need to hit the big red button. Modern machines are smart enough to hit the big red button themselves when they really need to, and alert a human to the fact that something has interrupted production. https://www.mscdirect.com/betterMRO/metalworking/definitive-guide-lights-out-manufacturing https://www.mscdirect.com/betterMRO/metalworking/definitive-...
- buildsjets 2y agoI work with one machine shop in Kent, WA that has a dozen Citizen L32 swiss machines in a row, turning out parts all night long. It will automatically stop with no notification for minor faults but stops and pages the on-call for major issues. https://youtu.be/HLSerqr6WTs?si=xslBZNXjpDGTlfy5 https://youtu.be/HLSerqr6WTs?si=xslBZNXjpDGTlfy5
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- zharknado 2y agoGood point, probably ill-advised to sleep with it running!
- cpwright 2y agoThere was a Roomba equivalent company out there, which would have wheels that drive the motor around, but they never shipped. Maslow moves itself by pulling on belts on fixed anchor points. The Shaper Origin has you move the machine, and it makes corrections using machine vision to track its position. It will give you more accuracy than a Maslow; but at a much greater cost and more attention. A jig saw does not make as clean cuts as a router, and you need to have the workpiece suspend so the blade can go through the work. With a router, you can just have a spoilboard underneath.
- Suppafly 2y ago>The Shaper Origin has you move the machine, and it makes corrections using machine vision to track its position. It will give you more accuracy than a Maslow; but at a much greater cost and more attention. I really don't understand the market for the shaper. Even the youtubers that get paid to shill them don't seem to have a compelling reason to be using them.
- jdietrich 2y agoBroadly the same market as the Festool Domino. The Domino doesn't do anything that you can't do with a dowel jig or a biscuit jointer, it's just does one thing quickly, accurately and well. The Shaper Origin isn't a replacement for a full-sheet CNC router with an ATC, but it is an excellent alternative to a plunge router and a stack of custom templates. Nobody needs one, but for someone who does high-end custom cabinetry and joinery, the Origin should give a good ROI.
- mbgerring 2y agoBeing able to cut complex shapes on site for art builds, where a designer knows Illustrator but nothing about tool paths, has paid for my Shaper Origin several times over already.
- Suppafly 2y ago>where a designer knows Illustrator but nothing about tool paths I guess that's probably the best use case, you've changed my mind.
- jansan 2y agoI am confused. In some videos it is hanging vertically by two wires, but here it seems there are four wires and it works horizontally. Are people using both setups?
- xarope 2y agoIn the about link (above), they do mention the frame: "If you would like to build the frame shown in the video, that frame is 12' feet, by 2’ by 7’ tall."
- etskinner 2y agoYes, they support either setup, vertical or horizontal
- emilecantin 2y agoThere are 2 Maslow versions: V1 was hanging from 2 chains, and "4" is held from the 4 corners of the workspace, allowing it to be used both in the vertical and horizontal orientation. V1 also had the electronics & motors on the frame, while V4 moved everything on the sled itself. This enables the option for the "frame" to be basically just 4 anchors on your garage floor, which makes this a very flexible machine.
- linsomniac 2y agonearly vertical. It needs 12-15 degrees from vertical. Horizontal is fine.
- amelius 2y agoIs this using any feedback mechanism on the position, or is it just feed-forward? Anyway, I want a machine like this that can paint.
- etskinner 2y agoThere's a little bit of feedback: Each belt has a rotary encoder to track position, and the motors apply positive torque rather than positive position. This is in contrast to how stepper motors work on a 3d printer, for example.
- mhb 2y ago> Anyway, I want a machine like this that can paint. https://youtu.be/osUTMnDFV30?si=wLUXKoyTDgfZELKu https://youtu.be/osUTMnDFV30?si=wLUXKoyTDgfZELKu
- amelius 2y agoHeh, nice, from the guy who also made a wacky hair cutting robot. I think his approach can be improved if indeed he replaced the guiding rails by a system with corner-points only. That would make it more user-friendly.