u/diy_watcher

Any ideas about upcoming Kickstarter 5-Axis machines? (Topfab and Xhorse3D)

I have been following Xhorse3D WM-100 for a long time:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/xhorse3d/xhorse3d-xmachine-wm-100-desktop-simultaneous-5-axis-cnc
However, now I've just realised there is also Topfab TF500:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/topfab/topfab-tf500-5-axis-ai-cnc-your-desktop-your-fabrication

Advertisement materials of both devices look suspiciously similar.

Topfab has a comparison chart that clearly compares itself with Xhorse3D and claims it is much better.

Topfab is half the weight of Xhorse3D, which may effect rigidity.

None of them have any reviews yet. Both of them look too good to be true. Both have demo videos and everything looks good:

https://www.youtube.com/@xhorse3d/videos
https://www.youtube.com/@TOPFAB3D/videos

Identical prices:

https://preorder.xhorse3d.com/reservation/xmachine-wm-100-vip-reservation

https://vip.topfab3d.com/reserve-page

Anybody have any idea how they compare? Are there anyone thinking about funding any of these? Will be grateful to hear any of your opinions.

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u/diy_watcher — 1 day ago

Are people really buying this for that price, and if they do, will they use it as a tool?

I am still carrying ES4 by the way, and I have 2 still-sealed PS4 for backup but the wire stripper functionality is just too good. Stupid me, should have bought more ES4s instead of PS4 when they were available everywhere. Sorry for the rant.

u/diy_watcher — 15 days ago