[sudoroom] Equipment

[Jack Kern]

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.

http://labs.nortd.com/lasersaur/

Sortof a time/money trade off. I know one of my coworkers owns a laser cutter I'll ask where he got it tomorrow.

Jack

On Feb 11, 2013, at 9:38 PM, David Rorex <drorex at gmail.com> wrote:

> The total cost ended up being almost $7000, but it's still a pretty
> decent deal for what we got, 1200 x 800mm working area, 80W laser.
> The money paid to the lazer company was about $5500, the rest of the
> money went to shipping, US Customs, FDA, DHS, storage fees, port of
> oakland, and lastly renting a truck to move it to our space. The other
> thing to note was that it took something like two or three months to
> get it (almost a month for it to come by boat, then another month or
> two dealing with customs etc)
> 
> It's a bit dated now, but you're welcome to look at the comparison
> chart I made at the time while researching laser cutters:
> https://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=0ArzfvXpex4x8dHhpMmJINlNMclBjRm9uMmM5RExnVXc&hl=en&output=html
> 
> And our wiki page on purchasing the laser:
> http://wiki.acemonstertoys.org/Laser_Cutter/Exlas1280
> 
> Here's info about the cutter itself:
> http://wiki.acemonstertoys.org/Laser_Cutter
> 
> On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 7:35 PM, Steve Berl <steveberl at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Any idea where the Ace Monster Toys guys got their laser cutter? From what I
>> understand it was a bargain.
>> 
>> -steve
>> 
>> 
>> On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 4:20 PM, <hol at gaskill.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Hi Folks,
>>> 
>>> I am resurrecting this zombie google doc now that we appear to have a
>>> budget surplus and a number of the required machines already installed:
>>> 
>>> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AqBO4Q7UXSgXdDdIR1hUN3FhTGN3b0FEMGJvVU5yaFE#gid=0
>>> 
>>> Looks like there was alot of interest in a laser cutter - anybody have any
>>> leads on where to get a good deal on one?  Or any other equipment on here
>>> that there seems to be a lack of at sudo room?
>>> 
>>> Also,  we are 40+ now so anyone who hasn  't had a chance to add to this
>>> spreadsheet is encouraged to do so!  It has been formatted to allow new
>>> equipment items to be added to the list.  I will try to distill this
>>> document into something more actionable in comeing weeks.
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Hol
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>> 
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> -steve
>> 
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