Popular Fab Lab Equipment and Projects
Flexible manufacturing equipment within a fab lab can include:
- Laser cutter, plasma cutter, water jet cutter, knife cutter: sheet material cutting
- 3-axis CNC machines: 3 or more axes, computer-controlled subtractive milling or turning machines
- Rapid prototyper: typically a "3D printer" of plastic or plaster parts
- Printed circuit board milling: 2 dimensional, high precision milling to create circuit traces in pre-clad copper boards
- Microprocessor and digital electronics design, assembly, and test stations
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