Piccolo, a tiny CNC bot
piccolo.cc
piccolo.cc
I mean, this sort of thing has virtually no immediate practical value, but it is such a treat for anyone who likes to tinker with things.
I hate when companies call it open hardware, but then turn around and say 'non-commercial use only'.
It will never be sold commercially, since the designs are CC by-nc-sa.
Unless you are hardcore about building cute expensive tech toys, best move along.
As a tool, its hourly cost has gotten pretty low compared to other toys. If I could find a similar recreational activity for this device, I'm just saying past experience shows that something similar ends up as a reasonable financial deal.
Really, the whole thing would make sense if it had a full cost breakdown to make a single one of them, getting the parts mostly from one location, rather than a random mix, many requiring a minimum purchase of X of them, instead of one.
It's a really cool project, it is just unclear exactly how much effort and money it would cost to make one of these. ( and what tools would be needed )
However, I guess it can't control the extrusion rate dimension that a 3D printer has, so it would still fall a bit short.