In recent years the manufacturing world has seen numerous hybrid additive-subtractive machines. These generally are in the form of a 3D printing head combined with a CNC machining center: the additive is added. But creative additive enthusiast Thomas Sanladerer has come at the idea from the opposite direction: he has started with a 3D printer and transformed it to be able to function as a CNC mill.
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Originally published on CTE: 2017-02-09
CTE source: https://ctemag.com/news/transformer-3d-printer-becomes-cnc-mill/
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