[Robotgroup] Cool laser cutter for paper and thin plastics

[brooksdesign]

  I guess if I want to build one of these I will need to fire proof my wooden gantry mill. I have been working with our outsource machine shop up here and their cad guy(a fellow TurboCAD11.2 devotie) has been messing around with the Mach stuff at machsupport.com  and has me all psyched up to get back home and dive into trying to finish that thing and start getting some real use out of it.I've always wanted to set it up for some sort of sheet cutter and a light duty laser for under $50 bucks sounds like just the ticket.Actual ANY source of heat sounds good right now since we've been below zero several times this week with a wind chill of -25 today while I was working on the old folks car. 
-brooks
 

-----Original Message-----
>From: Robo Al <sp-18561884 at ggsys.net>
>Sent: Jan 24, 2008 7:24 PM
>To: The Robot Group Mailing List <robotgroup at puremagic.com>
>Subject: [Robotgroup] Cool laser cutter for paper and thin plastics
>
>I saw this and thought it would be useful for
>people in the group.
>
>http://www.instructables.com/id/Laser-cutter-start-slicing-stuff-for-under-50-dol
>
>I went ahead and bought a couple of the diodes,
>but I haven't bought the goggles yet as they need
>to come from China with expensive S&H.
>
>Anyone interested in safety goggles for red lasers that
>wants to get into a group buy?
>
>Alberto
>
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