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Maslow 4: Large format CNC routing made accessible

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236 points mdaniel | 8 comments | 19 Nov 24 02:09 UTC | HN request time: 0.209s | source | bottom
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mhb ◴[19 Nov 24 03:05 UTC] No.42179740[source]▶
This is what it actually does: https://www.maslowcnc.com/about-maslow4
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throwaway81523 ◴[19 Nov 24 03:23 UTC] No.42179833[source]▶
Aha, a plunge router attached to a Roomba j/k ;). That page is very helpful. Hard to say what it's good for unless you're a dedicated woodwork buff. Otherwise a jigsaw seems like enough for a lot of this.
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zharknado ◴[19 Nov 24 05:16 UTC] No.42180278[source]▶
Capabilities that would be most impressive with a jigsaw:

- 50mm of z-axis travel

- Cuts in the center of a 4x8’ sheet of material

- Repeatable cuts to a decent tolerance

- Cuts made while you sleep

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diggan ◴[19 Nov 24 12:07 UTC] No.42182550[source]▶
> - Cuts made while you sleep

Can you leave the Maslow completely unattended? The video examples/timelapses I came across seems to always have a person removing sawdust (or something) every X minutes.

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1. syntaxing ◴[19 Nov 24 12:18 UTC] No.42182625[source]▶
It’s pretty ill advised to leave any subtractive manufacturing machinery unattended
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2. mhb ◴[19 Nov 24 13:11 UTC] No.42183024[source]▶
Can we have a word about my butter sculpture?
3. buildsjets ◴[19 Nov 24 15:29 UTC] No.42184518[source]▶
Commercial machine shops that run “lights off” typically will have continuous process monitoring, automated fire detection, automatic fire extinguishing, smoke containment and evacuation, and of course the correct permits and insurance coverage.
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4. okaram ◴[19 Nov 24 22:14 UTC] No.42188671[source]▶
And, correct me if I'm wrong, they also have a person somewhere around and a big red button, right?
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5. jdietrich ◴[19 Nov 24 22:52 UTC] No.42188938{3}[source]▶
Not if they're running lights-out, which is increasingly common in machining. A modern machine tool with all of the features mentioned above is designed to run unattended. It isn't uncommon for bar-feed lathes or mills with pallet pools to be actively running for >160hrs per week. If you're careful about your parameters and run the machine well within its capability, you rarely need to hit the big red button. Modern machines are smart enough to hit the big red button themselves when they really need to, and alert a human to the fact that something has interrupted production.

https://www.mscdirect.com/betterMRO/metalworking/definitive-...

6. buildsjets ◴[20 Nov 24 05:18 UTC] No.42191021{3}[source]▶
I work with one machine shop in Kent, WA that has a dozen Citizen L32 swiss machines in a row, turning out parts all night long. It will automatically stop with no notification for minor faults but stops and pages the on-call for major issues.

https://youtu.be/HLSerqr6WTs?si=xslBZNXjpDGTlfy5

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7. diggan ◴[20 Nov 24 14:53 UTC] No.42194397{4}[source]▶
> but stops and pages the on-call for major issues.

Just for curiosities sake, where are those on-call people located? At location, close to factory, home presumably?

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8. buildsjets ◴[20 Nov 24 16:06 UTC] No.42195232{5}[source]▶
Just local management, so I’d assume within a “reasonable” commuting distance. Note that in Seattle, a 2 hour peak-traffic commute might be only 20 minutes in the middle of the night.