Project ShapeOko: a $300 complete cnc machine.
A project in Dixon, IL by Edward Ford000days
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ShapeOko is a dead simple Open-Source desktop CNC machine with an estimate build price of about $300. Get into CNC without going broke!
Backers: 125
Average Pledge Per Backer: $89
Funded: $11,078 of $1,500
Dates: Jun 26th -> Jul 26th (30 days)
Project By: Edward Ford
Backers: 125
Average Pledge Per Backer: $89
Funded: $11,078 of $1,500
Dates: Jun 26th -> Jul 26th (30 days)
Project By: Edward Ford
$11,078
current pledge level
Last Updated: May 28 @ 12:10 -0400 GMT
738%
of goal
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Latest News
Adjusted BOM, lost sleep.... 
December 6th - via: kickstarter.com
I've been losing sleep over how to present the costed BOM (Bill of Materials) for the ShapeOko mill. The most straight forward method has been shown on the downloads page over at shapeoko.com for the last couple of days. However, something just... (Read More)
Pictures and Pictures of Parts and Parts
December 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
Just wanted to give everyone a quick glimpse into my shop. And by shop, I mean garage workbench. Here are all the pieces (minus those pesky delrin nuts) required to build 20! ShapeOko mills. There simply wasn’t enough room to put all the parts... (Read More)
Big Day at Project ShapeOko!
November 29th - via: kickstarter.com
It's a big day here at Project ShapeOko! After months of work, frustration, joy, work, hurrying up and waiting, work, worrying, work, and excitement We're finally finished designing and ordering parts! Most items are now in stock or on their way.... (Read More)
General Update
November 7th - via: kickstarter.com
We're getting down to final weeks of this project! This is where we're at: 1.) The design is finalized, parts are being ordered and kits will start shipping to the $500 level backers by the end of the month. The plan right now is to assemble each... (Read More)
The end is near!
October 26th - via: kickstarter.com
The last few months have been filed with excitement, heartache, excitement, more than a few sleepless nights, excitement, new ideas, fresh starts, revisions, distractions, excitement, and lots of other things that have led us down this twisted path... (Read More)
Another productive week!
October 13th - via: kickstarter.com
First and foremost: Here's a video of shapeoko running some gcode with the XYZ axis and a spindle enabled. Spindle: This is the 3 speed spindle from cnconabudget.com that you see in the video. I had bought it during the kickstarter campaign hoping... (Read More)
More video!
September 27th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi all! Here's another video of ShapeOko in action. As you can see the machine is *almost* fully assembled. However, as they say, they devil is in the details, and there are still plenty of little details to iron out. A couple of things to note: The... (Read More)
Video!
September 17th - via: kickstarter.com
Here's a quick video I put together tonight. Just a simple back and forth of the gantry to show off the new design prototype. update: I just checked the readout and in this video the gantry was running at close to 700ipm. A little faster than the... (Read More)
Pictures from the workshop!
September 15th - via: kickstarter.com
This post is for backers only. Please visit Kickstarter.com and log in to read. (Read More)
Progress, one 3D model at a time
August 24th - via: kickstarter.com
When all you’re doing is drawing, doing price comparisons, and checking shipping charges, a post on those topics seems less than appealing. With that said, we want to make sure everyone knows that we are definitely working on the project and... (Read More)
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