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Routermate

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

If you desperately need a CNC router, or you’ve just got too much money, check out the Routermate. The photos on the web page fooled me at first, and I thought this was just a tool for carving letters into wood. But the videos on the site give a better idea of the machine’s power — it can drill and mill aluminum tubing and thick sheets of aluminum and wood.

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CNC Plasma Cutters: A Poor Man’s Waterjet

Thursday, August 2nd, 2007
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Don’t have $100k to drop on an abrasivejet?  This CNC plasma cutter kit from Torchmate will give you at least a tiny bit of the ‘jet’s functionality at a fraction of the cost.  But this kit isn’t for beginners: you’ll need to bring your own steel — and fabrication skills.

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