It's a desktop style CNC router than can accommodate materials up to 24” x 36” in size. The ShopBot Desktop Max can be used to carve, cut, machine and mill materials such as wood, MDF, plastics, foams, and non-ferrous metals (like aluminum).

ShopBots are engineered of steel and aluminum as relatively light tools (about 800 pounds for a 4x8 PRSalpha ShopBot), but given that our design choice has been made for agility, they have frameworks that are as stiff and rigid as possible.

ShopBot Tools, like all CNC tools, move a cutter around a big table (X and Y axes) and move it up and down as well (Z axis) allowing it to make 3D movements and cut all sorts of shapes. The cutter looks like a drill bit and is spun by a motor called a router or spindle.