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It's definitely not mainstream yet though, if that price is anything like accurate.
Still...I'm very interested. It's too expensive to go mainstream, but still waaaaaay cheaper (and more convenient) than a full-size CNC machine.
It strikes me as a jolly clever idea, but I'm not sure if it's a particularly great one. That'd get you a set of templates and a normal router and a lot of bits and change... Also no 3D shaping so no neck carves.
The whole "scan the work piece" thing is pretty bloody clever, so you don't have to be in any way accurate with the tape.
Still, I presume that could be fixed with a later firmware update, as long as it doesn't require any mechanical changes...?
What do you reference the router to if you're doing (for example) a carved top, and what does the router sit on? And where does the reference tape go - it can't be on the surface you're carving, because you'll remove it as you go.
For small areas it might work, and for a fretboard or a neck carve you might be able to make up some side rails and a larger base (depending on how much tape it needs and how closely packed it has to be), but there's a lot of work a gantry CNC can do that this just can't. I'd be willing to bet that repeatability isn't as good either.