On Mon, 2010-05-17 at 13:05 +0200, Joachim Steiger wrote: > also there are limitations of what you can do with which each > production-method: > * e.g. for reprap-alikes, all overhangs > 45deg need support > structures. > * milling in 3axis means you can only 'mill from e.g. above'.. to turn > it to the side you already need a trick/mechanical help to mount it > sideways, without loosing alignment, or a 4 or 5 axis mill (i don't > think there is any free toolpath-gen for that yet) > * laser cutting heavily depend on used materials and is basically '2d > only' for the affordable machines (<50keuro) > this means designs consist out of 2d shapes. > one 'stacks' afterwards or uses creative mounting methods to hold the > shaped sheets together, like e.g. on the cupcake-cnc (makerbot) What about that: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4Yq3glEyec not sure how much it cost tough. Also not as free as cupcake or makerbot.
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