# SparkFun Shapeoko **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [November 20, 2015, 4:33pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/sparkfun-shapeoko/16061 "2015-11-20T16:33:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Andy4us](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c0e974/32.png) [@Andy4us](https://community.inventables.com/u/Andy4us)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2015, 4:33pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/sparkfun-shapeoko/16061/1 "2015-11-20T16:33:24Z")
Sparkfun announced today that they are releasing their own version of the Shapeoko. [https://www.sparkfun.com/stepoko](https://www.sparkfun.com/stepoko) What is interesting is that they have made their own board, [SparkFun Stepoko - ROB-13155 - SparkFun Electronics](https://www.sparkfun.com/products/13155) , which is a Uno and gshield mated together. It has screw connectors for all limit switches 😉 ---
**Author:** ![BrianSaban](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/briansaban/32/84709_2.png) [@BrianSaban](https://community.inventables.com/u/BrianSaban)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2015, 4:46pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/sparkfun-shapeoko/16061/2 "2015-11-20T16:46:36Z")
The board is a nice idea, but kinda puts all your eggs in one basket. I like the separation because if something blows it’s a lot easy to detect and alot cheaper to replace. ---
**Author:** ![Rusty](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/rusty/32/72583_2.png) [@Rusty](https://community.inventables.com/u/Rusty)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2015, 4:47pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/sparkfun-shapeoko/16061/3 "2015-11-20T16:47:33Z")
Very cool. ---
**Author:** ![Andy4us](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c0e974/32.png) [@Andy4us](https://community.inventables.com/u/Andy4us)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2015, 4:57pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/sparkfun-shapeoko/16061/4 "2015-11-20T16:57:21Z")
On the flip side, how many people have had trouble with getting all the pins lined up between the uno and gshield ? I already had an uno, so I just bought a gshield and mounted it all in an old PC case. Yes you’re right, but the main risk would be a blown driver, and that doesn’t seem to be a huge problem. There are posts about people replacing gshields or uno’s, but how many of them were caused by incorrectly mating in the first place. What I am somewhat surprised about is the cost of the board. I have multiple of Sparkfun’s Uno clones, the redboard, which is a $20 board , [SparkFun RedBoard - Programmed with Arduino - DEV-13975 - SparkFun Electronics](https://www.sparkfun.com/products/12757) , and one half of this. I’ve yet to swap out the Uno for a Redboard, but will probably give it a shot this weekend. So $129 for what is essentially a gshield clone is a lot of money. ---
**Author:** ![NAM37](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/nam37/32/67432_2.png) [@NAM37](https://community.inventables.com/u/NAM37)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2015, 5:09pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/sparkfun-shapeoko/16061/5 "2015-11-20T17:09:45Z")
The red is sexy… ---
**Author:** ![ZacheryLittell](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/zacherylittell/32/67662_2.png) [@ZacheryLittell](https://community.inventables.com/u/ZacheryLittell)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2015, 5:22pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/sparkfun-shapeoko/16061/6 "2015-11-20T17:22:33Z")
I am also perplexed by this price point. I would think with all the in house assembly happening at sparkfun and the mating of the two boards these would be cheaper to produce. ---
**Author:** ![WillAdams](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/willadams/32/67263_2.png) [@WillAdams](https://community.inventables.com/u/WillAdams)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2015, 6:08pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/sparkfun-shapeoko/16061/7 "2015-11-20T18:08:46Z")
Could someone familiar w/ electronics components look over the source / parts list and work up a price list? I suspect that there are some expensive parts for driving the NEMA23 motors which add up to the bulk of the expense. ---
**Author:** ![Andy4us](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c0e974/32.png) [@Andy4us](https://community.inventables.com/u/Andy4us)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2015, 6:42pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/sparkfun-shapeoko/16061/8 "2015-11-20T18:42:17Z")
I didn’t run the whole board, but the gshield uses a chip which is $1 more expensive from [Mouser.com](http://Mouser.com) in single quantities, $3.65 to $4.66 to $0.40 more expensive at qty 2000. There is labour to do the through hole stuff, which they are going away from doing on boards. $100 would be where I would have thought the board would have come in honestly.