**Which is the better?**


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**1. FC2912 - CNC Foam Cutter**

https://youtu.be/HD__nfMsVOs

01. Accuracy: 0.01"/foot

02. Moving length CNC Foam Cutter 29" x 12" x 40" 

03. How many axis: 4 axis

04. How many Motors: 4 independent stepper motors  NEMA23.

05. Material of the Bar: Ground and polished steel assembly.

06. Cutting speed: 16"/min

07. Suitable Software: Not included, Designed to work with Mach3

08. Cutting Wire included: 300 feet

09. Assembly service: No soldering or drilling required

10. Warranty: 2 Year on mechanics 1 year on electronics

11. Power supply: 110V single phase 300W max

12. Cost: $3999


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**2. FC5539 - CNC Foam Cutter **
https://youtu.be/S-sFUR3E7FE

01. Accuracy: 0.01"/foot

02. Moving length CNC Foam Cutter 55" x 39" x 100"

03. How many axis: 4 axis

04. How many Motors: 4 independent stepper motors  NEMA23.

05. Material of the Bar: Ground and polished steel assembly.

06. Cutting speed: 26"/min

07. Suitable Software: New Win8 PC + Monitor + CAD/CAM software and MAch3

08. Cutting Wire included: 8 feet 

09. Assembly service: No assembly required - fully assembled

10. Warranty: 2 Year on mechanics 1 year on electronics.

11. Power supply: 110V single phase 300W max

12. Cost: $9800


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**3. FCX848 - CNC Foam Cutter **
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c18t1xevS-k

01. Accuracy: 0.01"/foot

02. Moving length CNC Foam Cutter 100" x 50" x 100"

03. How many axis: 4 axis

04. How many Motors: 4 independent stepper motors NEMA23.

05. Material of the Bar: Ground and polished steel assembly.

06. Cutting speed: 30"/min

07. Suitable Software: CAD/CAM + Mach3 - included

08. Cutting Wire included: 40 feet

09. Assembly service: No assembly required - fully assembled

10. Warranty: 2 Year on mechanics 1 year on electronics.

11. Power supply: 110V or 220V single phase 2000W max

12. Cost:  $22,000

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**4. CNC 8600 - CNC Foam Cutter **
https://youtu.be/7R9wPCvjlzY

01. Accuracy: 002″/foot

02. Moving length CNC Foam Cutter 106″ x 51″ x 105″

03. How many axis: 4 axis

04. How many Motors: Four 188 ounce/inch (2.1kg/cm) high accuracy steppers

05. Material of the Bar: Ground and polished steel assembly.

06. Cutting speed: 55"/min

07. Suitable Software: CAD/CAM + Mach3 - included

08. Cutting Wire included: 40 feet

09. Assembly service: No assembly required - fully assembled

10. Warranty: 3 Year on mechanics 1 year on electronics.

11. Power supply: 110v – 120v single phase 50-60hz

12. Cost:  $43,995

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**5.SG2030 (not hot wire)**

01. Accuracy

02. Moving length CNC Foam Cutter 3.7 x 2.28 x 1.8m

03. How many axis: 6 axis

04. How many Motors

05. Material of the Bar

06. Cutting speed

09. Assembly service: No assembly required - fully assembled

10. Warranty: 1.5 Year on mechanics 

11. Power supply: 220V 1 phase,380V 

12. Cost:  US $9,500 - 23,000



 **Result**

 I searched the 5 CNC Machine, 4 of them are hot wire foam cutter, other is not. When I search the 6 axis wire cutter, it is too difficult to find using 6 axis machine in sales. for find the difference of 4 axis and 6 axis I add the not hot wire cutter machine.

 The 4 machines' Accuracy, 4- axis, Material, Suitable Software, Warranty etc. are almostly same.

 So I can distinguish them use length, Cutting Speed, Cost.

 Moving length is really important to cut the foam, when I cut the hubo, I can only cut the 10x10 inch, so I have to cut the 15 foam to complete hubo, 
 Each of them's Moving length's 29" x 12" x 40", 55" x 39" x 100", 100" x 50" x 100", 106″ x 51″ x 105″.
 So Each of them's total moving width is  348", 2145", 5000", 5406".

 FCX848 and CNC8600 are similar, and they are more than double FC5539. 

 Each of them's Cutting Speed is 16"/min, 26"/min, 30"/min, 55"/min

 FCX848 and FC5539 are similar and CNC8600 are about double than them.

 so, If I make a definition that Performance is Moving length x Cutting speed,

 Each of them's performances is FC2912= 5568, FC5539=55770 FCX848=150000, CNC8600=297330.

 and, to measure the Performance is directly proportional, if performance divide the Cost,

 FC2912= 1.39, FC5539=5.69 FCX848=6.81, CNC8600=6.75.

 As a result. **3. FCX848 - CNC Foam Cutter **is the best performance per price!