My Buildlog.Net CO2 Laser Cutter
Many of the parts for the Buildlog.net 2.x laser call for 6mm (1/4″) Acrylic/HDPE/whatever, others are 12mm (1/2″) at their thickest and then reducing to 6mm or thinner. One obvious way to machine these from something like Acrylic or HDPE would be to use a milling machine and assorted drills/mills. Some of the flatter items could also be…
The Chinese Laser cutter/engraver arrived at about 18:00 last night (Friday), which is pretty impressive since I had only received the dispatch note and tracking number from the ebay seller that morning and it was quoting a delivery date of Monday, possibly Tuesday. The box was a lot heavier than I expected, however this is because…
One thing I have been doing for a little while now is creating all of the parts for the Buildlog laser in Google Sketchup – I really must start to learn some other 3D modelling package, but I have become so comfortable with Sketchup that it is still my ‘go-to’ modelling tool. One thing I don’t like about the…
The intention of this blog is to follow my (mis)adventures with taking a Chinese built 40W CO2 laser and turning it into something that is actually useable. The Chinese laser cutter/engraver machines come with some pretty nasty software, Moshi Draw, which for some unknown reason (I cannot believe anyone would actually choose to pirate this…