How about a cordless hand drill that contains a few servos and and a 6 axis accelerometer so it can keep the drill bit perfectly perpendicular to the work surface when you need it to. It would use the servos to adjust the back of the motor shaft a quarter inch in any direction, It would be like having a drill press in your hand.
But I really want all the gee-willikers I can get!
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To the magic router people:
Shut up and take my money⌠please.
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I will be eagerly awaiting for your product to come to market!
I am currently looking for investors 
You forgot the extra cost of the smoke machine to accentuate the laser beams!
I would put lasers of the hammer.
Smart hammers never need adjusting
All you need is one of these - and Angusâ lead weights. 
New coolest thing of the week
I think I have enough spare parts from the X-Carve to build this!
Oh sure, I just told the wife no more robot projects after the CNC machine is done - at least until the bathroom is re-done. Will have to build this one on the sly =)
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I want to mount it to the front of the fridge as a way to leave messages the family will see.
It has two stepper motors (X and Y) and two servos. One servo must move the pen away from the board, but what does the other one do?
To drive the eraser perhaps?
Good thought, I forgot it can erase (somehow).
This has absolutely nothing to do with CNC but it is still the coolest thing I have seen this week month
I just wish it would yell âWHYâ when the guy knocks it over on purpose!
I was waiting for it to turn around and pop the guy in the kisser for moving itâs box and then pushing it down.
When it was getting back up it almost looked like it might be a little pi$$ed!
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We seem to have a huge lead over the Japanese
I was trying to remember who wrote the three lawsâŚ
I think it would have been better if it flashed a light in his face and said âtarget identified, Skynet updatedâ.
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