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ShopBot Buddy®

ShopBot Tools

Signmaking Hardware

The ShopBot Buddy® is designed for industrial, commercial or residential applications involving cutting in wood, plastics, and aluminum.
It incorporates many of the same features as ShopBot’s full-size industrial systems, yet weighs less than 272 kg (600 lb) and occupies as little as 1.5 m2 (16 sf) of floor space.
It comes with optional casters for ease of movement for different applications in the shop.
Uses a moving deck and is available with a 0.6 x 0.8-m (24 x 32-in.) or 0.6 x 1.2-m (24 x 48-in.) work area, which can easily be expanded with the PowerStick attachment to lengths up to 2.4 m (8 ft).
Delivered pre-assembled and ready to plug in and use.
The Buddy is available in two versions:
(a) The high-performance PRSalpha for professional high-volume production, with increased speed for some operations and closed-loop reliability
(b) The PRSstandard Buddy, perfect for many low-volume operations
Both versions come fully equipped with a Z-Zeroing plate for accurate tool height setup, a dust skirt for waste removal, two powerful software programs to create CNC projects and the ShopBot Control System software to run the CNC.

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ShopBot Buddy®

ShopBot Tools

Signmaking Hardware

The ShopBot Buddy® is designed for industrial, commercial or residential applications involving cutting in wood, plastics, and aluminum.
It incorporates many of the same features as ShopBot’s full-size industrial systems, yet weighs less than 272 kg (600 lb) and occupies as little as 1.5 m2 (16 sf) of floor space.
It comes with optional casters for ease of movement for different applications in the shop.
Uses a moving deck and is available with a 0.6 x 0.8-m (24 x 32-in.) or 0.6 x 1.2-m (24 x 48-in.) work area, which can easily be expanded with the PowerStick attachment to lengths up to 2.4 m (8 ft).
Delivered pre-assembled and ready to plug in and use.
The Buddy is available in two versions:
(a) The high-performance PRSalpha for professional high-volume production, with increased speed for some operations and closed-loop reliability
(b) The PRSstandard Buddy, perfect for many low-volume operations
Both versions come fully equipped with a Z-Zeroing plate for accurate tool height setup, a dust skirt for waste removal, two powerful software programs to create CNC projects and the ShopBot Control System software to run the CNC.

Signmaker Profile: Sarah Toupin

Last year, when Sarah Toupin decided to go into business for herself in Kingston, Ont., she wanted to find a niche opportunity that would let her use her existing skill set.

Profile: Kalitec

When Jean Lapointe founded Kalitec in 1989 in his apartment in Laval, Que., he had a very Canadian goal in mind: to develop a street sign post that could endure harsh, snowy winters, particularly given the threat of damage by snowplows and other vehicles.

Preventive maintenance for inkjet printers

Too often, by the time a wide-format inkjet printer is serviced, it is in a state of crisis that could have been prevented. While most drivers know to get their car’s oil changed periodically, many people still do not think about printers in the same way.

Wide-format Graphics: Getting started with soft signage

In recent years, fabric printing has moved beyond clothing and apparel, dye sublimation and screenprinting with the advent of digital direct-to-textile printing. Thousands of solvent-based, eco-solvent, durable aqueous ‘latex’ and ultraviolet-curing (UV-curing) wide- format digital inkjet printers can be used today to produce a broad variety of unique fabric applications.

Laser Cutting: Making a living on the edge

There are a variety of methods available to today’s signmaker for cutting rigid and flexible substrates, including computer numerical control (CNC) router tables, flatbed tangential blade cutting systems, vinyl cutters and more.

Sign Systems: Learning to lead

The University of Western Ontario’s (UWO’s) Richard Ivey School of Business began construction on a new three-storey building in London, Ont., in 2009. When it opened in September 2013, in time for the beginning of the current school year, it marked the culmination of the largest fundraising effort in...