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 <[email protected]> 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/[email protected]/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 > _______________________________________________ > Hardwarehacking mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/hardwarehacking >
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