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1CC
Compass CNC – Open-source handheld CNC router▲176
Hey HN, I am Cam, and for the past two years I have been working on Compass, an open-source handheld CNC router that brings computer precision to woodworking while keeping the user directly involved in the process. The idea started as my senior design project at UC Berkeley, with the goal of making a more approachable CNC machine—standard CNC machines are expensive, bulky, and remove you from the tactile “maker” experience. Compass solves that by combining a handheld router with real-time robotic assistance. You move the router roughly along a design path, and Compass uses four optical flow…
2025 · compassrouter.com
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Snapmaker 2.0▲80
The modular, 3-in-1 3D printer
2019
3
Mr Carve M1▲106
The mini all-metal engraver with industrial grade quality
2021
4
Hexbot Robot Arm▲150
All-in-one robot arm that turns your desktop into a workshop
2019
5
P1s Laser Distance Meter▲76
Highly accurate, fast and easy-to-use laser measurement tool
2018
6
3Dsimo Multipro▲71
The most multifunctional tool that can fit in your pocket
2019
7IB
I built a CNC-machine from scratch, using 40x 3D-printed parts▲462
2021 · github.com
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Cubiio▲167
Your personal portable laser engraver
2017
9HA
HFD – A design language for laser cutters written in Go▲75
2020 · heavyfishdesign.com
10CM
CNC Microscopy for Fun▲132
2024 · anfractuosity.com
11PT
Put this touch sensor on a robot and learn super precise tasks▲390
We just released a very excited touch sensor that finally simplifies touch sensing for robotics. Our most exciting result: Learned visuotactile policies for precise tasks like inserting USBs and credit card swiping, that work out-of-the-box when you replace skins! To the best of our knowledge, this has never been shown before with any existing tactile sensor. Why is this important? For the first time, you could now collect data and train models on one sensor and expect them to generalize to new copies of the sensor -- opening the door to the kind of large foundation models that have…
2024 · any-skin.github.io
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Piccolo▲85
A tiny laser-cutting, CNC bot
2014
13
MultiRuler▲82
Highest-grade multitool ruler with 14+ features 🔧
2020
14
T1 Tomahawk▲115
Professional digital tape measure
2024
15FP
FluidCAD – Parametric CAD with JavaScript▲160
Hello HN users, This is a CAD by code project I have been working on on my free time for more than year now. I built it with 3 goals in mind: - It should be familiar to CAD designers who have used other programs. Same workflow, same terminology. - Reduce the mental effort required to create models as much as possible. This is achieved by: - Provide live rendering and visual guidance as you type. - Allow the user to reference existing edges/faces on the scene instead of having to calculate everything. - Provide interactive mouse helpers for features that are hard to write by code: Only 3…
Apr 2026 · fluidcad.io
16DA
Dollar and Cent – A functional tool belt for Swift▲55
2014 · github.com
17
The 30° Ruler 2.0▲82
Aerospace, laser-engraved ruler
2019
18
280 Elephant Arm by myCobot▲91
Six-axis collaborative robot
2021
19SA
Space Age Hand Tools in the Maker Age▲66
2019 · justinmiller.io
20
Rollova▲130
A compact digital rolling ruler 📏
2018
21
Shapr3D▲106
Modeling magic for iPad Pro. Shapr3D is the easiest 3D CAD!
2016
22OR
Online Ruler – Measuring in inches/centimeters▲88
2025 · anruler.com
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Origin▲97
Power tool w/ computer vision + real-time motor control
2016
24
Horizon Helvetica®▲103
The “Swiss army knife” of sketch tools
2022

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