[hackerspaces] Choosing a laser cutter

[Brett Dikeman]

>From speaking with people who worked on a Lasersaur in our area - the web
UI was pretty terrible, they tried to contribute patches to fix various
problems, and the author refused to integrate them. That may be outdated
information. Have things improved?

-B

On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 2:02 PM, justin corwin <outlawpoet at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have some bad experience with generic machines from alibaba amongst my
> friends. The most problematic thing is that they tend to advertise their
> power as what they can measure directly at the laser tube, whereas more
> reputable companies like Epilog measure power delivered at the tool head,
> so the cheapness of high power machines has to be balanced with the fact
> that they may not actually be that capable.
>
> I like the Lasersaur design, and some places have had good results, just
> make sure you either buy better parts/kits or have someone who knows about
> this kind of thing in charge of building it. A crappy power supply or
> misaligned x-y table can cause endless heartache later.
>
> On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 10:56 AM, Joshua Pritt <ramgarden at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> We've been using the Full Spectrum laser at Makers Local 256 and
>> Melbourne Makerspace with lots of success (with bouts of downtime while
>> replacing the tube or power supply) but it works great for the most part.
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 1:53 PM, opit <opit at technariumas.lt> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello all,
>>> here at Technarium we're considering buying a laser cutter (water jet
>>> would be even better, but probably is outside of our financial
>>> abilities). Maybe any of you have a piece of advice of what to look for
>>> and what to avoid? What do you use at your space and what didn't work
>>> out? What's your experience with Lasersaur or with generic machines from
>>> Alibaba?
>>>
>>> Last week there a similar request was posted here, but what we're
>>> looking for is a larger machine that could also be used by freelancers
>>> at the space and for custom manufacturing orders. We plan to have up to
>>> 7500 Euros for it.
>>> Thanks!
>>> #o
>>>
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