ShopBot
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The irony of a future with AI is that today, I’m cutting a robot artwork with my Shobot. Robots cutting robots! Humanity’s days are numbered. I chose to spend…
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I wanted to explore some thicker materials to use in my next-layer scene diorama. With a thicker edge, I could carve an edge relief detail that would give the…
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The process I’m using to convert my drawings into toolpaths for the ShopBot are as follows:
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Realizing I wanted a thinner engraved line on my diorama, I took about a week to figure out the combination of vector at and tool bits to achieve the…
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This is how the final cut turned out. I decided to try just lightly engraving my lines so that the paint can have an edge to follow. I’m thrilled…
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After drawing Nibbles on my iPad with Procreate, I exported the line drawing as a PNG. This PNG file is imported into Adobe Illustrator and Image Traces into vector…
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The ShopBot has arrived, and it’s been exhilarating getting up to speed on how to use it. I plan to use it to refine a prototype of a retail…
