I got me a laser cutter, awesome!

That's awesome! What's the biggest piece of material you can put in it? We have one at uni which will take about a metre square, lots of fun. But for cutting out component pieces its kind of unnecessary having one that big, would be really tempted by something that size if I could get it for a similar price!
 
I have been after one of these for quite a while. I too am a hacker.

Since you now have one, have you visited www.thingiverse.com ? I have a 3D printer and have used a couple of models from there.

I also want a CNC lathe and CNC milling machine, although lack the space to even get manual versions. I did price up laser cutters and prices them around £4900 from a UK company. Not capable of cutting metals, but even came with a C axis for engraving circular objects. But I again, lack the funds and the space (currently anyway!)

If I ever need anything done, I may give you a shout . . . .
 
diverse180 said:
Buy one of these...

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Reenact this...

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And post us the video :)


(it was the first thing that came to mind)
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Already been done by someone, check the link: http://www.synthfool.com/laser/expect_me_to_talk.mp4
 
can you use it to etch acrylic, say you had a 10mm thick piece of acrylic could you etch the back of it so that it was visble but not all the way through?

Tom.
 
excellent stuff , im having a problem with the waterjet at the moment in that the very small carbon fiber stuff im doing is getting blasted into the tank ,tried a metal mesh under the wood but it disturbs the jet (on metal stuff you can but a tab on the part then grind it off).
anyway was doing 6 inch steel last night but the things so noisy:).
using alpahcam btw
 
Pinter75 said:
After 2 days of debugging, I have it working directly from CorelDraw, as if it was a printer. It detects different coloured lines and lets you set speeds and powers etc. It will also engrave vectors and bitmaps!
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How hard was that to get working? did it not come with any software at all?
also, awesome :cool:
 
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