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Yeah, I actually scuttled a deal with them for my laser cutter accessory over this... Funny enough they were starting to be a lot less interested in the deal w
by spiritplumber 12y ago
Yeah, I actually scuttled a deal with them for my laser cutter accessory over this...
Funny enough they were starting to be a lot less interested in the deal when they heard I had a patent on it. I even tried the "look, you've covered your behinds, I'm covering mine" angle.
(I do have a patent on the design, but I'm choosing to not enforce it - http://robots-everywhere.com/re_wiki/index.php?n=Main.LCheapo http://robots-everywhere.com/re_wiki/index.php?n=Main.LCheap... if you want to either buy one, or download the designs for one)
- jacquesm 12y agoThat is very nice. What kind of thickness can you cut with those diodes in various metals and other materials? At what kind of speeds?
- spiritplumber 12y agoYou can't do metal, but you can do wood and acrylic up to 3/8inch (5mm). It's not fast, but it's just the thing if you want to make wing profiles for a balsa RC airplane. Working on making it do very thin copper, just so I can lase PCBs. It's not fast. FWIW, I not only provide the design, I also provide the design (and a video) of the jig I use to make them.
- jacquesm 12y agoConsider me very much impressed. That's the first workable DIY lasercutter that I've come across. If you're going to do the copper thing make sure to get some kind of fume extraction going, metal vaporization is an excellent way to poison yourself! A poor mans version of this would be amazing: http://www.thefabricator.com/blog/direct-diode-lasers-enter-the-sheet-metal-cutting-arena http://www.thefabricator.com/blog/direct-diode-lasers-enter-... Poor: a few thousand $ for a head.
- spiritplumber 12y agoI guess mine is the poor man's version of that :) I'm working on a more powerful unit (14W) but I have nothing to show yet.