“Chris Reilly and Taylor Hokanson, two Chicago-based artists who teach at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, have just completed theDIYLILCNC, an open-source set of plans to make a fully functional CNC mill for around £400.

This would be perfect for doing quick three dimensional work on smaller scale objects like mechanical parts, circuitboards, and small sculptures, and mean I gan get a 3D form ‘printed’ in the comfort of my own home! The machine can even make ink drawings, like this self portrait in ball point pen:”