Of course, you'll need glasses.
I think more about pluging laser to extruder case, then to control it same like my prints.
Thought, someone tryed it.
Of course, you'll need glasses.
I think more about pluging laser to extruder case, then to control it same like my prints.
Thought, someone tryed it.
Didn't try it yet. But I have a 405nm 500mW laser:
http://www.o-like.com/index.php?main_pa ... hlius1r9l3
Which I want to stick on it just to test to see what's possible, however, I do not have a proper lens yet.
This should do engraving, but of you want to cut anything else then paper you need a 20W gas laser, which is much more expensive and fragile.
In case of price, I'll let some watercut in my city.
But I'll consider engraving with some blue-ray laser or sth, that price level.
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It could be exact enough, and looking at
http://hackaday.com/2012/06/05/blu-ray- ... engraving/
it should be possible. It is however very dangerous to operate a laser without proper protection. Commercial machines use a filtering transparent panel...
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