What machine is this? Platform swings side to side in an arc and the extruder extends out and up. Really weird. As seen on the Smoothie Kickstarter video at http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/logxen/smoothieboard-the-future-of-cnc-motion-control
Ya, that is some strange movement. How does that thing even work?!
Found it, it’s called the Feather https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vkJehKwK3w
Neat, also sounds pretty wicked 
Polar coordinate system, interesting.
It does work. This concept was one of the initial designs I tried with Reprap Morgan, but I abandoned it because of the fact that the momentum of the table changes with build size, and the system footprint increases dramatically with a swinging printbed.
Nice to see somebody else actually got something similar going.
If you think about it, it is only a rehash of the polar bot.
… And never say never!
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@Quentin_Harley I was surprised to see the hand printing so well considering how fast the bed was moving. I have my y and z stage coupled to my bed my prints turn to crap at those speeds. Just testament to the rigidity of that design I suppose
@Eric_Moy Yes. I love the way they implemented it. My prototype was no where close to the refinement they achieved.
Another one for the ACL (anti cartesian league)