You shouldn't refer to the Mantis as costing $100. It's somewhere between $200-$300.<br><br>I'm at work but I believe the cutting area of the Mantis is quite close to that. Might be 7"x10", can't remember off the top of my head.<br>
<br>For $390 including spindle & controller board that CNC is the best deal on a desktop CNC on the market today. It says "complete kit" but it doesn't mention power supply. Either way it would be the cheapest option.<br>
<br>I'm in.<br><br>Tom<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 2:30 PM, Darcy Whyte <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:darcy@siteware.com" target="_blank">darcy@siteware.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><br clear="all">That looks interesting. It's 8.5x11 inch work area. I wonder what the cutting area of the $100 mantis is?<div>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div></div><div>On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 2:09 PM, Emily Daniels <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:emily.daniels@gmail.com" target="_blank">emily.daniels@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Artengine might want to go in on this- $390 gets us our own machine!<br><br><a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/421256045/diy-desktop-cnc-machine?ref=category" target="_blank">http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/421256045/diy-desktop-cnc-machine?ref=category</a><br>
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