meccarroll wrote:Nice post this and looks interesting, just wondered what laser you have Tusses, power etc. There are a lot of Chinese machines on Ebay is your one of them? Would be a good touch etching a company Logo on the side edge of kitchen draws etc (maybe another outlet for you
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Mark
Well .. I built my own CNC ... so ....
I bought a cheap chinese laser, and modified it ! ..
it was the cheapest way to get all the parts and controller. ..
then I boosted the laser tube power and supply to 60w
Power depends on laser tube length, so 60w (1.2m) was about ideal for the space I have.
Does whet I need at the moment.
bear in mind, that a lot of chinese lasers don't work out of the box, and support is non existent.
So unless you can get it running yourself, choose a supplier that will help you
laser tubes are a few ££hundred, and last a year or two .. which is about equivalent to buying replacement bits for a cnc router etc. over the same period.
As for the logo idea .. it's out there ! .. basically laser'ers sell logo etched disks to fit a forstner bit hole .
you drill out to the required depth, and glue the logo in.