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Watch the video under the first paragraph of text.
This is a very simple looking 2.5 axis machine that is capable of an amazing degree of accuracy. They are selling it for $450 which seems like about $200 more than I would be willing to pay.
I am more interested in the software, it uses a custom extension in Inkscape, but I am not sure if it is using gcode or some other control language (like maybe some type of postscript). Whatever it is, I would sure like to be able to put a pen in the X-Carve and do the same things the AXIDRAW is doing.
Is there any chance at all that this may actually work as advertised? It claims to be a $99 3D printer that uses your existing smart phone to provide the light source for curing a special resin.
That is a very good point! What happens when the phone lights up with a phone call or text? Does the text message get written on to what is being printed?
Now this is nice topographical map (built into a table). It is made by laser cutting the layers and then gluing then together. I am sure it could be done with the X-Carve also.
Here is the AllForge - A table top injection molding machine that can use plastic or wood molds.
So in theory you can use the X-Carve to make a mold (or a 3D printer), put it in this machine and make 100 plastic parts in just a few hours. Or if you carve an Aluminum mold you can make 10,000 plastic parts in a week.
It is also supposedly able to inject chocolate, or aluminum. You just need an appropriate mold.
The machine is for sale now (pre-order) for $2,500 to $4,000 (price depends on injection material)
If anyone is planning to attend the Maker Fair in the Bay Area, I would love to hear what you think about the Shaper Origin
(that is the device at the very top of this thread)
It is not for sale yet, but the cost estimates I have seen say it will be about $1,500. Part of me thinks that is pretty cheap for a radical new piece of technology. But my more rational side screams that is a lot of money for device without a real use case.
I heard Harbor Freight will come out with one soon for 29.95
I’m sure it will be priced high at first. They would be crazy not to take advantage of the early adopters wanting one. 3D printers used to cost $20,000 not to long ago, and now they are available fairly cheap.
I will be buying one of these hand held CNC machines as soon as either the price comes down, or I win the lottery. Either way, can’t wait to get one. Now I’m just waiting for someone to put a camera on a hammer, so I can program it to miss my thumb when I use it…
