Updated Timelines for Focal Projects @Handibot (evolving from last year’s report) Hardware ...
Read more →We’ve recently received a number of notes from Handibot friends about the release of the new “Origin” shape-following router from Shaper™. Yep, we’re excited about it! It’s an amazing technology in a well thought-out and designed product that is helping call attention to new possibilities in “smart” power tools. We’re equally excited for the...
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A couple of weekends ago I had the opportunity to try a Handibot with a vertical, wall-cutting orientation. We had previously done several small wall-cutting projects with the original Handibot V1.0’s, but I had not done anything vertical recently or with a V2.0. It was a boat project, naturally. I needed to...
Read more →Handibots might not be a big enough tools to build a production shop around (or, maybe they are?), but you may find my recent blog on the 100kGarage website about a new cloud resource for collaborative design work of interest. Fusion 360, from Autodesk, provides some interesting new resources for getting from a digital...
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Five years ago, I tried to take some time off from ShopBot and use the time to indulge in several of my favorite pursuits: boating, painting, and digital-fabbing. I was hoping to combine drawings and photographs of water scenes done from my kayak into a type of art I think of as “bas-relief, painted carving.” I...
Read more →In our first development team report, we laid out our projected timing for our major initiatives. After 6 months, we have hit some of our targets and others have slid a bit. Below you will find a revised timeline — much of which is organized around the September release date for Handibot 2.0 and...
Read more →A job well suited to Handibots is machining cut-outs for hardware items of one sort or another – – brackets, outlets, hooks, fixtures, lamps, switches, controls, handles, etc. My Handibot was particularly useful for just that type of job on a recent boat project. Project Details I had broken the pull-ring for a floorboard...
Read more →TOPIC 1: On Handibot 2.0 and Accessories “I really want to get the Handibot V2.0 in June. Will it be relatively easy to add the 5th axis and 3D print head when available? Also, do you have any preliminary prices for the 2.0, 5th, and printing?” We got this query the other day. Given...
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1. Handibot Hood We’re just finishing up a hood-type enclosure accessory for Handibots (for v1.0 and the upcoming v1.1). We’ll call it the “Handibot Hood”. This enclosure helps contain flying debris and somewhat reduces noise from the router. It should be available as an accessory in the Handibot store later in the week. To...
Read more →This is a continuation of my previous blog post, responding to potential Handibotter Tim Deagan about the subject of how we are going to manage ongoing releases of Handibots and Handibot accessories. Here I reflect more generally on how and why open collaboration is attractive and practical. When I asked Tim if it was...
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