2013年8月30日

第四个spindle-like轴,FABtotum桌面工厂它:3 d打印,削减,米尔斯,bevels-and它已经有了一个充分资助Indiegogo运动。大卫Lumb 08.30.132:19点本周早些时候我们MEbotics覆盖,一个公司的顺利推出Microfactory Kickstarter,健康工作3 d印刷/铣/制作桌面机器。但它看起来像别人打败他们下手:FABtotum,推出Indiegogo在一个星期前,已经打了20000美元的融资目标,很快就会进入生产。像Microfactory,解放军FABtotum打印在3 d和ABS材料(在一个令人印象深刻的最低47微米深度)。但它真的灯我们火的减去铣削:不同于Microfactory, FABtotum包括一个可移动的基板暴露一个旋转spindle-allowing对象旋转钻切掉多余的材料,lathe-style。雕刻/铣削主轴电机与“材料”像木头,光铝和黄铜合金,和像Microfactory FABtotum轧机PCB,使DIY电路板。野兽也有一个内置的数字采集激光扫描仪(中等质量,他们承认)和一维触摸探针数字化仪,允许您将对象转换为以高分辨率打印文件(但与长时间扫描)。Indiegogo运动市场FABtotum作为一个平台,而不是一次性的打印机。头可拆卸,允许第三方插件可能更强动力钻具和激光切割机等,平台是开源:FABtotum使用样子控制器I / O,并且它的设计是在Creative Commons许可Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported许可证。FABtotum Indiegogo价格点的DIY FABtotum工具包是999美元(100美元完全组装模型),使其成为最负担得起的高分辨率的打印机。 For $699, you can even try the FABtotum Mechanical DIY kit, which is a small collection of parts that will let you add FABtotum features to an existing 3-D printer in as little as 5-10 hours. The FABtotum doesn’t look quite as workplace-robust (much less be able to hold up a 350-lb man ) as the Microfactory, but it will be hard to make a fair price-per-feature comparison until MEbotics Kickstarts its machine in the coming weeks. Regardless, all signs point to a coming second 3-D-printing revolution with machine shops in a box leading the way. [Image: FABtotum]