[hackerspaces] Choosing a laser cutter

[Robert Davidson]

This might be helpful for those on the Lasersaur.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrlaIzfpaQM

We also have a Lasersaur at Dallas Makerspace.

I have CC'd Luke who could probably answer any questions more than I could.

Robert Davidson


On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 12:19 PM, Brett Dikeman <brett.dikeman at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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 That may be outdated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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