Shaper Origin CNC Router pre-order discount ends Jan 31

[bvandiepenbos]

Hey I ordered on of these !
If anyone is interested in getting one of these amazing tools for yourself, now is the time!
Get $100 off by using my code...

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Handheld CNC rounter, this thing is simply AMAZING!
I got to test one hands on back in September, I was skeptical but it really does work as claimed.
The applications for this new type of tool is mind boggling!!!!
CNC rout small things or very large, it is not limited.
Take the CNC tool to the work-piece, instead of the work-piece to the tool.

check it out
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~*Brian

[BeeAmaker]

I know someone that is getting one, so I will just use his.

It is an awesome tool, I can see you having a big use for it. Engraving and such.

[bvandiepenbos]

yes, engraving is one of the applications... I get requests to do things that won't fit in my current machines. Also thinking of doing jobs on-site, monograms on front door, floor inlays, cabinets, etc.

who else is getting one that you know?
my brother Jeff has one ordered.

you realize things like your nifty stand-up work station could easily be cut with this tool.

[BeeAmaker]

Jan 28, 2017 9:09:40 GMT -5 bvandiepenbos said:

who else is getting one that you know?

He owns a Laser shop in Goshen.

you realize things like your nifty stand-up work station could easily be cut with this tool.

Although it is nice, I don't see that small router plowing threw 3/4 Play. At least not for long, I have trim routers bigger than that. I got too many other projects on my plate to start another. In the video they don't show it, but "suggest" that a lady cuts her 1.5" walnut table top with it - maybe, but not without at least 3 passes. I also noticed that they are mostly cutting PVC, MDF or inlays, and the Go-Cart was 1/8 hobby ply. I'll wait until they can apply the same tech to my 3 horse 1/2" plunge router, then I will have much more use for it. I would like to get one, eventually, but not in the budget and defiantly not the right timing.

I would suggest starting with a new bit with each job. although it raises the bit when you go off the path, when a dull bit grabs and pulls (or should I say "yank"), you have 0 time to react, and I'm not sure the router can react that fast either. Very slow and steady would be key. Dull bits will seem to cut OK , then suddenly not cut, so you push just a bit harder and next thing you know you are 3" into your project.