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Position correcting router

2012-08-09 18:25:45.052787+00 by Dan Lyke 2 comments

Cool idea: Position correcting router (YouTube video) does fine computer control of a shape while you do the coarse control by hand.

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#Comment Re: made: 2012-08-09 20:37:17.945929+00 by: TheSHAD0W

They should use an optical-mouse-type positioning system rather than relying on those stickers.

#Comment Re: made: 2012-08-09 21:08:07.161924+00 by: Dan Lyke

Last time I experimented with the repeatability of optical mouse positioners (which, admittedly, was back in the early naughties), they weren't repeatable enough on any material I could come up with to use in a system like that.