Machine suppliers

See this other page for Material_suppliers. Started on our local wiki http://wiki.nybi.cc/index.php/BootFabLab ; after adding the Material_suppliers list, I thought it was good to add this one too :) --Emmanuel Gilloz 16:42, 16 February 2012 (UTC)

Please keep the tables in alphabetical order

Contents 1 CNC Router Milling Machine 1.1 Small 1.2 Medium (between 250 and 500 mm) 1.3 Large 1.4 Extra Large 2 Plotter and Vinyl Cutter 3 Laser Engraver and Cutter 4 3D-Printer 4.1 Filament based 4.2 Paste based 4.3 Powder 5 Waterjet Cutter 6 Airjet Cutter

CNC Router Milling Machine

Small

Precision Milling Machine are used to make small things like PCB traces, or are good to learn the basics of cnc/gcode/etc.

Vendor/Project (with link)	Shipping location	Capacities	Open-Source	DIY Kit	Assembled	Approximate costs	Additional notes/Link to review page
Piccolo	-	?? x ?? x ? mm	Yes	Yes	No	70$	tiny cnc-bot
MiniCNC	From Belgium	180 x 180 x ?? mm	Yes	Yes	No	680 €	Contrary to the usuals machines, you put it on the material to cut, thus you can engrave any size of material (e.g.: a door, a wall, etc.)
MTM SnapLock	-	152 x 100 x 44 mm	Yes	?	No	600 $	MIT project of a small precision milling machine
Roland iModela	From EU	86 x 55 x 26 mm	No	No	Yes	749 €	very good little machine, especially for a first experience with a cnc and to learn this type of process

Medium (between 250 and 500 mm)

Vendor/Project (with link)	Shipping location	Capacities	Open-Source	DIY Kit	Assembled	Approximate costs	Additional notes/Link to review page
Diylilcnc	ship	254 x 254 x 51 mm	Yes	No	No	600 - 1000 $	this is the v1, a v2 is in development
FireBall_v90	From US	304 x 457 x 76 mm	No	Yes	No	1000 - 3000 $	beware that it is working in 120V
LumenLab Micro v3 LumenLab M3	From US	323 x 298 x 85 mm 483 x 483 x 95 mm	No	Yes	Yes	1300 - 2900 $ 1600 - 3600 $	-
ZenToolWorks	From US	xxx x xxx x xx mm	No	Yes	No	1000$	sold with Mach3/LazyCam (replace the latest by PyCam, and Mach3 by EMC2 if you can)

Large

Vendor/Project (with link)	Shipping location	Capacities	Open-Source	DIY Kit	Assembled	Approximate costs	Additional notes/Link to review page
CNC-Shop 3020 3040 6040 6040HD 6090	From Switzerland	955 x 615 x 100 mm	No	No	Yes	2570 - 3670 €	2-3 months delays
FireBall Comet	From US	635 x 635 x 127 mm	No	No	Yes	3300 $	2 - 12 weeks lead time
Joes'2006	-	cap	Yes	?	No	xxx $	-
PdjInc PilotPro 2626 PilotPro 2642 PilotPro 2650	From US	660 x 660 x 114 mm 660 x 1066 x 114 mm 660 x 1270 x 114 mm	No	Yes	Yes	3750 - 4700 $ 4250 - 5200 $ 4650 - 5600 $	4 weeks delay
Makko 430 Makko 640 Makko 850 Makko 1070	From France/Germany	450 x 320 x 120 mm 600 x 390 x 130 mm 800 x 520 x 120 mm 1000 x 680 x 120 mm	No	No	Yes	2400 - 3400 €	-
ShopBot	From US	cap	No	No	Yes	xxxx $	-
Sindrian Arts	From US	cap	Yes	?	?	xxxx $	Prototyped, kickstarted, in progress

Extra Large

(add a table for those very big machines)

Plotter and Vinyl Cutter

Vendor/Project (with link)	Shipping location	Capacities	Open-Source	DIY Kit	Assembled	Approximate costs	Additional notes/Link to review page
Dika C12	From France	300 mm	No	No	Yes	800 €	Supplied with plenty of consumables
Mimaki
Roland

Laser Engraver and Cutter

Vendor/Project (with link)	Shipping location	Capacities	Laser	Cooling	Open-Source	DIY Kit	Assembled	Approximate costs	Additional notes/Link to review page
Buildlog	-	cap	CO2	cooling	Yes	almost	No	cost	-
Epilog	From US	cap	CO2	air	No	No	Yes	xxxxx $	-
HPC Laserscript 6040	From UK	600 x 400 mm	CO2 40-50 W	water	No	No	Yes	4000 £	Made in China, improved in Uk. Don't forget to get a filter. They also sell bundles of PMMA at a good price.
Lasersaur	-	600 x 1200 mm	CO2 100W	water	Yes	almost	no	2000-4000€	-
Trotec	From France	cap	CO2	cooling	No	No	Yes	xxxxx $	-

3D-Printer

Filament based

See also : reprap.org/wiki/Mendel_Buyers_Guide

Vendor/Project (with link)	Shipping location	Type	Capacities	Open-Source	DIY Kit	Assembled	Approximate costs	Additional notes/Link to review page
A2APrinter	From Canada	Prusa	200 x 200 x 140 mm	Yes	Yes	No	550 $	-
Makergear	From US	Prusa Mosaic	200 x 200 x 140 mm 130 x 130 x 130 mm	Yes  ?	Yes Yes	No Yes	825 $ 900 - 1300 $	good machines
Mendel-Parts	From Netherland	Orca	245 x 215 x 185 mm	Yes	Yes	workshop	700-900€	be very patient if you order here ^^'
RepRapPro	From UK	Huxley Prusa	140 x 140 x 110 mm 200 x 200 x 110 mm	Yes	Yes	No	400 - 500 € 500 - 600 €	Store of Adrian Bowyer (inventor of the RepRap) and JeanMarc (who made the eMaker Huxley). Recommended.
Romscraj	From Singapore	Prusa	220 x 220 x 140 mm	Yes	Yes	No	580 $	Gen6, LM8UU
Skb-Kiparis	From Russia	Prusa	200 x 200 x 140 mm	Not really	Yes	Yes	900 - 1500 $	Prusa with vertical x-axis
The RepRap Kit Store	From UK	Prusa	200 x 200 x 140 mm	Yes	Yes	No	435 £	Melzi, LM8UU
Ultimaker	From Netherland	Ultimaker	200 x 200 x 200 mm	Yes	Yes	No	1200 €	Bowden, 3mm

Paste based

You can also use a syringe-paste-extruder on a filament printer with a little mod (add link from Thingiverse, was made by Joris of Protospace) or by replacing the extruder for a paste-extruder (like the makerbot frostruder).

Vendor/Project (with link)	Shipping location	Type	Capacities	Open-Source	DIY Kit	Assembled	Approximate costs	Additional notes/Link to review page
Fab@Home	From US	Fab@Home	? x ? x ? mm	Yes	No	No	1000 $	Can print multiple materials

Powder

Vendor/Project (with link)	Shipping location	Capacities	Open-Source	DIY Kit	Assembled	Approximate costs	Additional notes/Link to review page
Zcorp 250	?	? x ? x ? mm	No	No	Yes	25 000 € (50€/kg powder)	Can print in color

Waterjet Cutter

Vendor/Project (with link)	Shipping location	Capacities	Open-Source	DIY Kit	Assembled	Approximate costs	Additional notes/Link to review page
Nanjing Jete	From China	? x ? x ? mm	No	No	Yes	?	-

Airjet Cutter