[HH] BoXZY CNC machine

[Greg London]

I think UV printing has a good chance of obsoleting filament printing.
It's order(s) of magnitude faster print times and better resolution.
In which case, you wouldn't need the x/y axis anymore, just Z.
It's more expensive for printers right now, but I think prices
have room to drop with higher volumes. It needs a projector,
so thats a cost that filament printers will never have. but still
I think they'll come down in price enough to compete,
probably not head to head, but more like "a bit more money and
a lot faster prints"

You should be able to put a laser cutter on any printbot.

Milling, though, would need a sturdier machine than average.
which might explain why these machines are quite a bit more expensive.
The frame is solid aluminum and it uses ballscrews for movement.

Greg



On Fri, April 10, 2015 9:20 pm, Tom Metro wrote:
> Have you been holding off buying a 3D printer? Now you can get a box
> that does 3D printing, laser engraving, and CNC milling.
>
> https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/boxzy/boxzy-rapid-change-fablab-mill
> -laser-engraver-3d-p
>
>
> Introducing BoXZY, the most versatile desktop fabrication device on
> the market. We built BoXZY so you can do more, better. This triple-threat
> tool combines a 3D Printer, CNC Mill, and Laser Engraver ­in one compact
> cube. By utilizing the quick-change heads, any maker can shape a block of
> aluminum, hardwood, or plastic into intricate designs; 3D print complex
> plastic shapes; or laser engrave into objects made of wood, leather or
> plastic.
>
>
> Currently crowdfunded to $700K of an $50K goal.
>
>
> They were selling a limited run of discounted units for $1400 ~ $1600,
> but the current tier is going for $2000 with two of the 3 possible heads,
> or $2500 for all 3 heads.
>
> Granted all 3 devices need a mechanism to position a head on X-Y-Z axes,
> but how much are you compromising by combining these tools. Is the 3D
> filament printing going to be state of the art, or an after thought? (I'd
> be more inclined to accept the idea of combining the CNC mill and laser
> engraver as swappable heads on a shared platform while not compromising
> either by much. At least not relative to what you'd get from spending
> $1000 on each device separately.)
>
>
> They include pictures of the aluminum housing for the product being cut
> on a water jet. I'll be impressed when one of these desktop manufacturing
> devices not only has the capacity and precision to make the parts for
> replicating itself, but also the speed to make it practical. :-)  (Yeah, I
> know early Makerbots could partially self-replicate.)
>
> I'd be curious to know more about the 935 watt (1.25hp) Makita milling
> head they are using.
>
> -Tom
>
>
>
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