Fine woodworking had an email about a hand held cnc router.

http://tinyurl.com/8tda4av

Pretty cool, too bad they didn't use mouse like laser pointing instead
of the newer bar coding. Maybe they did, but it didn't seem so.

Smart kids, gives you a chance to do accurate work, with a small setup.
But if it goes to production, it will be very expensive.

On 8/11/2012 9:08 AM, tiredofspam wrote:
Fine woodworking had an email about a hand held cnc router.

http://tinyurl.com/8tda4av

Pretty cool, too bad they didn't use mouse like laser pointing instead
of the newer bar coding. Maybe they did, but it didn't seem so.

Smart kids, gives you a chance to do accurate work, with a small setup.
But if it goes to production, it will be very expensive.

At first I thought someone came up with something more ridiculous than
the laser for the drill press.

Then I saw the router moving around inside the base... Hummmmm

Looks like it could be quite accurate.

I do see that there are tape lines to tell the computer where the router
is at. I wonder how accurately those strips of tape have to be laid
out. That might be the down fall to accuracy.

On 8/11/2012 10:25 AM, Leon wrote:
On 8/11/2012 9:08 AM, tiredofspam wrote:
Fine woodworking had an email about a hand held cnc router.

http://tinyurl.com/8tda4av

Pretty cool, too bad they didn't use mouse like laser pointing instead
of the newer bar coding. Maybe they did, but it didn't seem so.

Smart kids, gives you a chance to do accurate work, with a small setup.
But if it goes to production, it will be very expensive.

At first I thought someone came up with something more ridiculous than
the laser for the drill press.

Then I saw the router moving around inside the base... Hummmmm

Looks like it could be quite accurate.

I do see that there are tape lines to tell the computer where the router
is at. I wonder how accurately those strips of tape have to be laid
out. That might be the down fall to accuracy.



Yep, which is why I think using laser mouse tracking might be a better
alternative. The tape eliminates using any wood, only taped wood.

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says...

Fine woodworking had an email about a hand held cnc router.

http://tinyurl.com/8tda4av

Pretty cool, too bad they didn't use mouse like laser pointing instead
of the newer bar coding. Maybe they did, but it didn't seem so.

Smart kids, gives you a chance to do accurate work, with a small setup.
But if it goes to production, it will be very expensive.

Why would it be very expensive?

On 8/11/2012 11:54 AM, J. Clarke wrote:
In article , tiredofspam
says...

Fine woodworking had an email about a hand held cnc router.

http://tinyurl.com/8tda4av

Pretty cool, too bad they didn't use mouse like laser pointing instead
of the newer bar coding. Maybe they did, but it didn't seem so.

Smart kids, gives you a chance to do accurate work, with a small setup.
But if it goes to production, it will be very expensive.

Why would it be very expensive?




Just a hunch, if a domino is $800 what do you think this will be?

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On 8/11/2012 11:54 AM, J. Clarke wrote:
In article , tiredofspam
says...

Fine woodworking had an email about a hand held cnc router.

http://tinyurl.com/8tda4av

Pretty cool, too bad they didn't use mouse like laser pointing instead
of the newer bar coding. Maybe they did, but it didn't seem so.

Smart kids, gives you a chance to do accurate work, with a small setup.
But if it goes to production, it will be very expensive.

Why would it be very expensive?




Just a hunch, if a domino is $800 what do you think this will be?


Would that be expensive as small CNCs go?

Hold on... let me go watch the video...

Ok. I guess that would be kind of expensive to produce.

I think I'll stick with my desktop gantry style CNC router.

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On 8/11/2012 11:54 AM, J. Clarke wrote:
In article , tiredofspam
says...

Fine woodworking had an email about a hand held cnc router.

http://tinyurl.com/8tda4av

Pretty cool, too bad they didn't use mouse like laser pointing instead
of the newer bar coding. Maybe they did, but it didn't seem so.

Smart kids, gives you a chance to do accurate work, with a small setup.
But if it goes to production, it will be very expensive.

Why would it be very expensive?




Just a hunch, if a domino is $800 what do you think this will be?

Depends on whether it's being sold by Festool, DeWalt, or Drill Master.

There are advantages. Now a hand cut Parade Float design can be cut by
hand. It would be nice to have a massive design but a small window that
you work on - it seems like it did it that way - maximizing the
resolution in an area.

Neat. I'd have plenty of projects for something like that.
Martin

On 8/11/2012 9:08 AM, tiredofspam wrote:
Fine woodworking had an email about a hand held cnc router.

http://tinyurl.com/8tda4av

Pretty cool, too bad they didn't use mouse like laser pointing instead
of the newer bar coding. Maybe they did, but it didn't seem so.

Smart kids, gives you a chance to do accurate work, with a small setup.
But if it goes to production, it will be very expensive.