Thread: Handibot - hand held CNC

there was a hand held router based one a year back , that had a LCD and 50x50 movement , look at the screen and move the rougher within 25mm of where it wants to be and it cuts accurate???black magic ?? , know's where you move it (inferred mouse in base ) and removes your rough movements , the LCD screen tells you where it needs to move , all up they were saying $300 for the router base to fit any router

That hand held router with the LCD was from the design lab at MIT. There was talk of making a commercial version but I guess that takes time.
It's mentioned as an inspiration on the Handibot site.

Scam artists are quick off the mark these days!

Shopbot have a Kickstarter project for funding design/supply of the Handibot,.
Interestingly, there was also a project (identical) started on Indiegogo. After someone checked with Shopbot about this, it turns out that the Indiegogo project was nothing to do with Shopbot and was a scam started up by someone else. Apparently it took some convincing to get Indiegogo to remove the project.
No indication that the scam site got any money from punters.

I have managed to get hold of an STP file for the Handibot.. Not a lot of construction details but perhaps enough for an experienced CNC builder to make one (rodm, I'm looking at you )

i bet the first thing that happens is 4 mounting holes are made in the base , so you dont have to hold it for 2 hours while it cuts something in 3D

if its designed on an "open source" design , why cant another group crowd fund the making of them ,as long as they post there design changes ,
lol rodm. will be upset his crowd funding was shut down , lol

Some time ago I saw a video of a machine that used vacuum venturis to hold a small machine to vertical walls. Worked very well and that would be my preference if I was going to build one - but I'm not.

1: Needs a fitting for sucking up dust & shavings.
2: Needs a pair of flanges & friction pads so it can be quickly clamped in place as someone has already observed.

I always worry about major 'crowd funding' projects - things like data security, continued support if there are quality problems with the goods supplied......

There are a number of videos of the various handibot in action, one that doesn't need to be handheld is called the Handibot Creeper.

My wife and I pulled the trigger at the $2400.00 level of the Kickstarter campaign and should be getting our HandiBot in December. I would love to start learning about what CAD programs people have been using. The unit comes with a Proprietary software and they are talking Apps.

I would appreciate any info that you can provide.

Originally Posted by john_v_phipps

My wife and I pulled the trigger at the $2400.00 level of the Kickstarter campaign and should be getting our HandiBot in December. I would love to start learning about what CAD programs people have been using. The unit comes with a Proprietary software and they are talking Apps.

I would appreciate any info that you can provide.

Welcome to the forum.

Seeing that noone has yet received a Handibot, think the Handibot website is the best (only?) place to find information about it..
Assuming that it can use g-code generated with another program, then it might be worth while taking a look at the offerings from Vectric, (Aspire, Cut3D, etc). Lots of users of those in this and other CNC forums.