My Buildlog.Net CO2 Laser Cutter
The wiring continues, Z max, min and door microswitches were soldered up. I wanted to have some internal lighting in the laser cutting area. I had some white 12V LED light strips, that I had bought some time back for some of my RC models, from Hobby King for £2.49. I cut the 1m strip…
The ammeter is wired in series with the negative for the laser PSU. For the motor wiring, I am using 6 core alarm flex from Wickes, but I pull out 2 of the cores first, I use these elsewhere for limit switches and other low voltage wiring. I have 3 different sets of connectors on…
For the wiring, I started with the 240V and 24V power wires. You can see from the below photo that I have a few colours to choose from, most of these spools are left over from when I rewired my Beach Buggy, the vertically stacked ones are from wiring up the lights in the garage.…
For the top right panel, I marked out all of the required openings and then cut the two square ones with a knife and the round one with a hole saw before drilling any required mounting holes. The Arduino screen will have a cover/surround that will hide the mounting screws. I am not entirely sure…
I decided it was about time I did some more work on the skins for the laser cutter. The supplier of the Dibond only cut the skins to size, they did not cut out any of the details. The most involved piece is probably the front panel, this is the design as provided with the…