Openmoko Beagle Hybrid

[GNUtoo]

On Mon, 2010-05-17 at 13:05 +0200, Joachim Steiger wrote:
> also there are limitations of what you can do with which each
> production-method:
> * e.g. for reprap-alikes, all overhangs > 45deg need support
> structures.
> * milling in 3axis means you can only 'mill from e.g. above'.. to turn
> it to the side you already need a trick/mechanical help to mount it
> sideways, without loosing alignment, or a 4 or 5 axis mill (i don't
> think there is any free toolpath-gen for that yet)
> * laser cutting heavily depend on used materials and is basically '2d
> only' for the affordable machines (<50keuro)
> this means designs consist out of 2d shapes.
> one 'stacks' afterwards or uses creative mounting methods to hold the
> shaped sheets together, like e.g. on the cupcake-cnc (makerbot) 
What about that:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4Yq3glEyec
not sure how much it cost tough.
Also not as free as cupcake or makerbot.

Denis.