hobbiest level desktop 3 axis cnc milling machine. Roland Release the iModela

Bob Lawrence (VE1RLL)

Roland has been chruning out Quality CNC milling machines for years now and they have just released their first hobbiest level desktop 3 axis cnc milling machine. The wedge shaped mill known as the iModela hopes to compete with other consumer level rapid prototyping machines such as the offerings from Makerbot, Bits from Bytes, and other commerically avaliable rapid prototyping machines. We received our unit yesterday and will have a complete series of post including videos over the course of the next few weeks. Until then, check out the official press relase below.

Roland Introduces iModela iM-01
Affordable 3D Hobby Mill is Designed
for the Craft and Hobby Markets



http://themakersworkbench.com/iModela-press-release

Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Xkcsm0WG7v8

W9GFO

I look forward to your videos, sure isn't much to see on their website. What will you be using it for?

It has a work space the size of a business card and only 1" of Z travel. Top speed is 4mm/sec and it is for soft materials only. But for less than $1,000 it's not bad - if it can do really fine detail work.

SRLM

What could you make with this? Pretty much the only application that I can think of is to make parts for models. Maybe G scale people?

http://www.trainz.com/p-288504-lgb-5340-handpainted-figures-4.aspx

Bob Lawrence (VE1RLL)

re:I look forward to your videos,

video added to top post.