Maslow 4: Large format CNC routing made accessible

This is what it actually does: https://www.maslowcnc.com/about-maslow4

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.

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

> - 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.

It’s pretty ill advised to leave any subtractive manufacturing machinery unattended

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.

And, correct me if I'm wrong, they also have a person somewhere around and a big red button, right?

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