Copper would probably be pretty nice
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Replying to @mccv @avibryant
have you tried any metals w/ your shapeoko? I've only done wood so far.
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Replying to @THISWILLWORK @avibryant
I've done nothing :/ It's a pass-on gift, and it came in a fairly beefy enclosure I haven't had time to wrangle into something usable
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Replying to @mccv @avibryant
I made the worst enclosure for mine. I need to make a new one that's lighter. The shapeoko3 is really great though, it's a lot of fun.https://medium.com/thiswillwoodwork/a-home-for-mildred-538a4fe15c1a …
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Replying to @THISWILLWORK @mccv
The pros of this vs glowforge seem obvious. Any cons?
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Replying to @avibryant @mccv
In terms of what you can make? I think no cons (very accurate, thicker cut depth, no burn residue on edges) In terms of operations: Very loud, needs (loud) dust collection, need various end mills, can have slow cutting time, more software to learn / toolpath planning is harder
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Replying to @THISWILLWORK @avibryant
On what you can make, betting you're not gonna beat the laser cutter for kerf width. Not gonna work with paper or vinyl or more fragile materials
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Although the software is open source so I'm sure hacking it to run a drag knife has been done
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Replying to @mccv @avibryant
people do hack both lasers + drag knives onto these. I'm scared of the lasers, so I haven't tried that. Yes, kerf width you can't get much smaller than 1/16th inch, and you can't cut any shapes with sharp internal corners (you can't cut a square hole w/ a round bit)
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Replying to @THISWILLWORK @avibryant
Con: it probably ends up with you writing a grbl derivative in forth
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I'm sure you're right but that's more a con of me than of the CNC.
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