Robotic CNC machines – cutting systems that use spinning tools to
swipe through metal, wood, and plastic – are cool but ugly. Most of them
are as big as a fridge and designed to carve out objects in a few
minutes but none will sit quietly on your desk and do its business with
aplomb and elegance. Now, however, there’s Carvey.
Carvey is the Form 1 of CNC. Designed to be a seamless, well-designed tool for designers and makers, you program it by entering a tool path – basically the movements the cutting head will make – and pressing a button. The system can be set up for specific materials.
Now this isn’t exactly a 3D printer. It’s more useful if you’re planning on building a flat-pack sort of buildable object (think Ikea) or a flat piece of a bigger project. For example, you could print an entire pair of glasses with this system by printing the stems and eyepieces separately. You could even cut out the lenses.
http://techcrunch.com/2014/10/21/carvey-is-a-powerful-cnc-machine-for-the-rest-of-us/
Carvey is the Form 1 of CNC. Designed to be a seamless, well-designed tool for designers and makers, you program it by entering a tool path – basically the movements the cutting head will make – and pressing a button. The system can be set up for specific materials.
Now this isn’t exactly a 3D printer. It’s more useful if you’re planning on building a flat-pack sort of buildable object (think Ikea) or a flat piece of a bigger project. For example, you could print an entire pair of glasses with this system by printing the stems and eyepieces separately. You could even cut out the lenses.
http://techcrunch.com/2014/10/21/carvey-is-a-powerful-cnc-machine-for-the-rest-of-us/