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Laser cutters are pretty cheap nowadays. There are diode lasers that can be retrofitted onto 3D printers, as well as the Chinese K40 laser cutter that uses CO2
by jfim 4y ago
Laser cutters are pretty cheap nowadays. There are diode lasers that can be retrofitted onto 3D printers, as well as the Chinese K40 laser cutter that uses CO2 laser tubes. There are even DIY projects to make your own laser cutter using a CO2 tube, these can have a very large cutting area (eg. 8x4ft).
A word of warning about the K40, make sure that you know about proper laser safety. I believe that many of the machines available don't even have a proper door interlock that stops the laser if the door is open.
- traverseda 4y agoThe diode lasers probably aren't worth your time.
- jfim 4y agoIt depends on what the intent is. If it's just to try it out a few times to play with it, it's a cheap way to know if one is interested in putting more money in that hobby. Otherwise, I agree with you, they're kind of weak and as such operate really slowly.