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Tmo writes - "This is a simple XY style paper cutting tool marketed to scrapbookers. It seems ripe for hacking to rapid prototyping of parts or circuit etching." - Link.
XYRON smart cutting - rapid prototyping?
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Mar 18, 2006 04:20 PM
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Interesting. Too bad it's pink. That'd have to be the first mod. Can of spray paint.
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You might be better off using a CraftRobo. It is more expensive ($350 vs $200) but the CraftRobo connects to a PC already and there is an Illustrator Bridge between CS2 and the CraftRobo software.
Unless of course the modding and hacking is your primary interest. The interface for the Xyron gadget comes in the form of a book where the spine of the book has the connector and the pages lay across buttons on the cutter. Basically it is like the Leap Pad devices... depending which book you plug in, the buttons represent different commands. They are all cut on a 4x4" surface and you cannot alter where on the paper they cut.
CraftRobo uses a letter-sized cutting table and registration marks to determine the location of the cuts. I would be very interested to see what people can do to the Xyron machine though. a friend just loaned me hers and I am only a wannabe modder.
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You might be better off using a CraftRobo. It is more expensive ($350 vs $200) but the CraftRobo connects to a PC already and there is an Illustrator Bridge between CS2 and the CraftRobo software.
Unless of course the modding and hacking is your primary interest. The interface for the Xyron gadget comes in the form of a book where the spine of the book has the connector and the pages lay across buttons on the cutter. Basically it is like the Leap Pad devices... depending which book you plug in, the buttons represent different commands. They are all cut on a 4x4" surface and you cannot alter where on the paper they cut.
CraftRobo uses a letter-sized cutting table and registration marks to determine the location of the cuts. I would be very interested to see what people can do to the Xyron machine though. a friend just loaned me hers and I am only a wannabe modder.
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Note that Xyron personal cutter has a secret usb port in the back.
http://community.xyron.com/forums/189/ShowPost.aspx
http://community.xyron.com/forums/189/ShowPost.aspx
"the company rumor is that it will work with fonts and more on the computer begining in the fall (much like a wishblade)."
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