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What price are they advertising now? I can’t find it on the linked page.
$2400 is the expected retail price. https://www.popularwoodworking.com/cnc/hands-shaper-origin-e...
Brilliant idea, outsource to the human the low-precision positioning task and get rid of the workpiece fixtures for massive price reduction. Now someone needs to build the equivalent for 3-5 axis, maybe with a free movable support arm since it might be too heavy to hold just with hands.
Honestly,I wonder if this concept isn't better suited for welding robots and plasma cutters. It seems ideally suited for those tools. You need precise control of a tool position, and the reason,they're not done by hand more right now is that access to the workpiece and clamping it in place are a huge pain. A big problem with handheld CNC is that cutting many materials you'd want to cut requires precise control of you…
CNC is a misnomer. This is more like GPS for a router. Computer assisted machining would be more appropriate though that acronym would collide with CAM, computer aided manufacturing.
Sounds pretty CNC to me.
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Honestly,I wonder if this concept isn't better suited for welding robots and plasma cutters. It seems ideally suited for those tools. You need precise control of a tool position, and the reason,they're not done by hand more right now is that access to the workpiece and clamping it in place are a huge pain. A big problem with handheld CNC is that cutting many materials you'd want to cut requires precise control of you…
You seem to know way more about the fields so I defer, but I think there is a market for just cutting wood, plastic or soft metals like aluminum. A low cost machine obviously will have a bunch of limitations.
Only problem was I had to concentrate when moving the device around on the wood since otherwise it would move outside the allowable range and I'd have to reset it.
I'd imagine that this would be for one-off products since otherwise a true CNC machine would save more time.
It's confusing to call this a "shaper," when it is not the machine tool. (A shaper is a kind of linear lathe.)
There are multiple kinds of shapers. Plus, give them a little poetic leeway.
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$2400 is the expected retail price. https://www.popularwoodworking.com/cnc/hands-shaper-origin-e...
Thanks! Considering what it does, I’m not surprised, but it’s a bit rich for my blood.