[HH] Shapeoko desktop CNC mill

[Drew Van Zandt]

If it still has aluminum rails for the bearing surface, avoid it.
 MakerSlide is awful for anything other than very light use - it wears out,
then you have to replace the whole rail.

Also, if you cut aluminum that slowly, you will wear your tools out very
quickly.  Aluminum-cutting router bits are ~$30 each.  This is in the realm
of things that are technically possible, but a really bad idea.

I learned that second part running  a brother of this guy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qW1eCricTwc

If you are in the Boston area, join the Artisan's Asylum and learn to run
that beast instead.  ;-)



*Drew Van Zandt Cam # US2010035593 (M:Agapito Acosta) *


On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 4:42 PM, Tom Metro <tmetro+hhacking at gmail.com> wrote:

> Some Twitter spam for Inventables ("The hardware store for makers") led
> me to their site, where I saw Shapeoko, a desktop CNC mill, being
> advertised for $300:
>
> https://www.inventables.com/technologies/desktop-cnc-mill-kit-shapeoko-2
>
> It is described as an "open source kit to build a machine for milling
> plastics, woods, and metals."
>
> It looked like some extruded aluminum rails formed into an X-Y arm with
> a Dremel tool strapped to it. But looking at the details, that price
> only buys you the mechanics. Really? They cost that much? Not even the
> stepper motors are included, nor the belts and pulleys (how are they not
> considered "mechanical?). The full kit with electronics runs $650.
>
>
> Bill Bogstad mentioned Shapeoko on the list back in April, and linked to
> a review done by Make:
> http://www.mail-archive.com/hardwarehacking@blu.org/msg00832.html
>
> I guess the new bit is that version 2 of this kit is soon to be released.
>
> Shapeoko has its own site:
> http://www.shapeoko.com/
>
>  -Tom
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