<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Definitely something to be said for getting a working cutter off the shelf.. Just wanted to mention I've been following the lasersaur project and it seems there are quite a few in operation now.</div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-family: '.HelveticaNeueUI'; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; "><a href="http://labs.nortd.com/lasersaur/">http://labs.nortd.com/lasersaur/</a></span></div><div><br></div><div>Sortof a time/money trade off. I know one of my coworkers owns a laser cutter I'll ask where he got it tomorrow.</div><div><br></div><div>Jack</div><div><br></div><div>On Feb 11, 2013, at 9:38 PM, David Rorex <<a href="mailto:drorex@gmail.com">drorex@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>The total cost ended up being almost $7000, but it's still a pretty</span><br><span>decent deal for what we got, 1200 x 800mm working area, 80W laser.</span><br><span>The money paid to the lazer company was about $5500, the rest of the</span><br><span>money went to shipping, US Customs, FDA, DHS, storage fees, port of</span><br><span>oakland, and lastly renting a truck to move it to our space. The other</span><br><span>thing to note was that it took something like two or three months to</span><br><span>get it (almost a month for it to come by boat, then another month or</span><br><span>two dealing with customs etc)</span><br><span></span><br><span>It's a bit dated now, but you're welcome to look at the comparison</span><br><span>chart I made at the time while researching laser cutters:</span><br><span><a href="https://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=0ArzfvXpex4x8dHhpMmJINlNMclBjRm9uMmM5RExnVXc&hl=en&output=html">https://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=0ArzfvXpex4x8dHhpMmJINlNMclBjRm9uMmM5RExnVXc&hl=en&output=html</a></span><br><span></span><br><span>And our wiki page on purchasing the laser:</span><br><span><a href="http://wiki.acemonstertoys.org/Laser_Cutter/Exlas1280">http://wiki.acemonstertoys.org/Laser_Cutter/Exlas1280</a></span><br><span></span><br><span>Here's info about the cutter itself:</span><br><span><a href="http://wiki.acemonstertoys.org/Laser_Cutter">http://wiki.acemonstertoys.org/Laser_Cutter</a></span><br><span></span><br><span>On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 7:35 PM, Steve Berl <<a href="mailto:steveberl@gmail.com">steveberl@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>Any idea where the Ace Monster Toys guys got their laser cutter? From what I</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>understand it was a bargain.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>-steve</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 4:20 PM, <<a href="mailto:hol@gaskill.com">hol@gaskill.com</a>> wrote:</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Hi Folks,</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>I am resurrecting this zombie google doc now that we appear to have a</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>budget surplus and a number of the required machines already installed:</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AqBO4Q7UXSgXdDdIR1hUN3FhTGN3b0FEMGJvVU5yaFE#gid=0">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AqBO4Q7UXSgXdDdIR1hUN3FhTGN3b0FEMGJvVU5yaFE#gid=0</a></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Looks like there was alot of interest in a laser cutter - anybody have any</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>leads on where to get a good deal on one? Or any other equipment on here</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>that there seems to be a lack of at sudo room?</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Also, we are 40+ now so anyone who hasn 't had a chance to add to this</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>spreadsheet is encouraged to do so! It has been formatted to allow new</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>equipment items to be added to the list. I will try to distill this</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>document into something more actionable in comeing weeks.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Cheers,</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Hol</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>_______________________________________________</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>sudoroom mailing list</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="mailto:sudoroom@lists.hackerspaces.org">sudoroom@lists.hackerspaces.org</a></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/sudoroom">http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/sudoroom</a></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>--</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>-steve</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>_______________________________________________</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>sudoroom mailing list</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="mailto:sudoroom@lists.hackerspaces.org">sudoroom@lists.hackerspaces.org</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/sudoroom">http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/sudoroom</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>sudoroom mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:sudoroom@lists.hackerspaces.org">sudoroom@lists.hackerspaces.org</a></span><br><span><a href="http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/sudoroom">http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/sudoroom</a></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>