@will_whang A friend of mine put two strips next to each other and powered them with a car battery, safe to say no snail ever went past that (they then went over the fried ones stuck to the copper)
@McMasterDaily Nice to know that they also come with more advanced digital readouts. The mitutoyo one at work just tells me the X ,Y positions, but I hardly use them. Usually I just print out a Go/No go drawing on a clear sheet
@natalie_thenerd I usually open them with some Stanley blades and a sharp spatula. It has worked better for me than any spider or iopener. Usually the shell survives as well without any noticeable damage
@Xaraphim Yes, this exact machine will be mainly used for composite work.
I plan on building RC planes with it that only need like 10 mins of assembly.
I also thought about pitching the machine to stage designers, as they oftentimes use styrofoam as a base for their work.
Me and a couple friends of mine recently finished our final project at our school: A large scale CNC hotwire machine.
It is equipped with 5 axis, a cycloidal wire tension mechanism and a fully self developed CAM program.
This project also won in the Manufacturing category in Austria's largest youth engineering competition.
The code can be found at:
https://t.co/5fi57vz2Ox
I will write a more detailed thread in the next few weeks after my vacation.
Our school was in need of a machine capable of cutting moulds for boat hulls and composite monocoques. With this machine they are able to cut XPS with millimeter accuracy, reducing labour by a noticeable amount.