Openmoko Beagle Hybrid

[Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller]

Am 17.05.2010 um 20:00 schrieb 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.

Don't know either... Appears to be http://www.objet.com/3D-Printer/Connex500/

Results look quite good.

Machine Weight: 500 kg :)

> Also not as free as cupcake or makerbot.

Well, if results are affordable I would even accept a non-free  
solution (at least as a first step)...

Nikolaus