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

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
Mantis-30	-	190 x 130 x 40 mm	Yes	No	No	150 €	metric version of the Mantis
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.) / MiniCNC
MTM SnapLock	-	152 x 100 x 44 mm	Yes	?	No	600 $	MIT project of a small precision milling machine
Piccolo	-	?? x ?? x ? mm	Yes	Yes	No	70$	tiny cnc-bot
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
Shapeoko	From US	200 x 200 x 88,9 mm	Yes	Yes	No	300 - 600 $	45 days lead time (for the Inventables shop)

Medium (between 250 and 500 mm)

Vendor/Project (with link)	From	Capacities	Open-Source	DIY Kit	Assembled	Approximate costs	Additional notes/Link to review page
Diylilcnc	US	254 x 254 x 51 mm	Yes	No	No	600 - 1000 $	this is the v1, a v2 is in development
FireBall_v90	US	304 x 457 x 76 mm	No	Yes	No	1000 - 3000 $	beware that it is working in 120V
LumenLab Micro v3 LumenLab M3	US	323 x 298 x 85 mm 483 x 483 x 95 mm	No	Yes	Yes	1300 - 2900 $ 1600 - 3600 $	-
Qu-Bd Rapid Prototyping Mill	US	321 x 333 x 275 mm	Yes	?	Yes	1700 - 2600 $	Soon on kickstarter
Solsylva	US	medium to large	No	No	No	xxx $	-
ZenToolWorks	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)	From	Capacities	Open-Source	DIY Kit	Assembled	Approximate costs	Additional notes/Link to review page
3 Axis CNC Router	-	1100 x 600 x 100 mm	Yes	No	No	?	-
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	US	635 x 635 x 127 mm	No	No	Yes	3300 $	2 - 12 weeks lead time
Joes'2006	-	?	Yes	?	No	xxx $	(an article in french about it)
PdjInc PilotPro 2626 PilotPro 2642 PilotPro 2650	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	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 €	-
Mechmate	-	?	No	No	No	-	-
ShopBot	US	cap	No	No	Yes	xxxx $	-
Sindrian Arts Kikori	US	cap	Yes	Yes	?	4000 $	Prototyped, kickstarted

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	-	-	CO2	-	Yes	almost	No	?	-
Epilog	From US	-	CO2	air	No	No	Yes	xx xxx $	-
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€	-
MLLaser	From France	variable	CO2	water	No	No	Yes	5000€	Made in China
Trotec	From France	-	CO2	-	No	No	Yes	xx xxx $	-
Universal Laser System	From US	-	CO2	air	No	No	Yes	xx xxx $	-

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 $	-
Lulzbot	From US	Prusa	200 x 200 x 140 mm	Yes	No	Yes	2500 $	-
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

Resin

Vendor/Project (with link)	Shipping location	Capacities	Open-Source	DIY Kit	Assembled	Approximate costs	Additional notes/Link to review page
Objet 500	?	? x ? x ? mm	No	No	Yes	250 000 € (500€/kg resin)	Can print in many materials/colors

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	?	-

Vacuum Forming

• http://www.phlatboyz.com/