I just stumbled across the Toolbotics Tooli Gen2 while playing YouTube videos in the background while doing other tasks. It supposedly does scoring for glass cutting and paper crafts, a rotary tool, an airbrush, pick-n-place, drawing with markers, “dispensing”, and who knows what all else. The airbrush is what particularly caught my attention.
Here’s video about the Gen1 version. Gen2 is due out soon.
So many options! It was definitely the airbrush that stands out but the icing squirter was pretty cool. The pick and place is neat but I can’t think of a piratical use for it.
Whoa. At first I was like, “Meh, just some 80/20…can’t be that accurate.” If the video is proof of what they can do, then DANG! I’m interested! Gonna need a bigger shop!
I see the plan is to go open source, so I’d bet the diy version will be a fraction of that.
What do you guys call that type of aluminium extrusion ?
I think it has a generic name ?
John
Like so many things, before you buy online it might be worth a look to see if there’s a T-slot distributor in your area. Harder to shop at 2 in the morning, but you might get better service and save on shipping.
A quick look at both online catalogues shows about 30% difference for the same product, so I’ll need to look carefully at shipping costs before I start down that path.
But one for the future, I think.