[sudoroom] Equipment

[David Rorex]

The lasersaur is not a time/money tradeoff. Just buying the parts
alone is $7500 according to their webpage, and then you still have to
put it together. Is it better quality than one of the pre-assembled
chinese ones? Maybe, I don't know. But for sure it's not any cheaper.

http://labs.nortd.com/lasersaur/bom-suppliers-usd

On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 10:44 PM, Jack Kern <jack.w.kern at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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