im happy to say that my laser did end up engraving it works it follows g-code but is extremely slow i had to use 3 lenses to focus it and replace the drivers as they were fried but other than that i won 1st place in the competition and will start my next design a robot butler
here's what i plan for my next cnc to be.
a 35w co2 laser with 220v power supply and some type of either water cooling or oil cooling but I'm still short on the details i will ask on this forum when it comes to that at this point i was only building rotary tool cnc machines and milling machines...
It doesn't matter what it cuts i just need it to cut a foam cube and engrave a plastic square my competition is only using salvaged toy rc boards and knives and dremills im using stepper motors and steel frame with legitimate stepper motor controller boards the build is not for me its not my...
i spent alot of money of shipping after which i need to spend on the rest of my set up i have 5,000usd left to spend but the motor controller board and axis im using is 4,500 and my laser protection shielding is 50.00 per sq '' so i have a need for 6 pairs of glasses and i cand spend more than...
well, by pointer i meant something with a beam that i could hook up to my cnc machine for milling plastics and engraving some materials depending on what it burns through and what it sets on fire. my goal is to have the best home made cnc machine for an up and coming contest and other people are...
Hi i have recently purchased a 5000mw blue/violet laser pointer and am an amateur in lasers in general but i would like to know what type of glasses i could get for like 20.00 usd i need something that fits over glasses and works for 5000mw 405nm does any one know of decent glasses that i might...