Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Desktop Laser Cutting/Engraving

Posted by michael on from the keep-remaining-fingers-out-of-the-equipment dept.

bwags writes "I ran across this VersaLaser desktop Laser Cutting and Engraving printer. I really do not know what I want to do with it, but you gotta admit it is cool. Maybe make some balsa wood airplanes. At only $10K, I want the purple one!"

13 of 147 comments (clear)

  1. battle bots by minus_273 · · Score: 5, Funny

    after reading what the laser will cut through.. man i wish they could have one of those on a battle bot :-p

    --
    The war with islam is a war on the beast
    The war on terror is a war for peace
    1. Re:battle bots by BMojo · · Score: 4, Funny

      I just wouldnt want to be in the croud as that thing gets flipped over.

      --


      -BMojo

  2. Well by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    If you shave your arm, numb it a bit, adjust the power, you have a home laser tattoo machine.

  3. $10k!! by SpanishInquisition · · Score: 5, Funny

    Imagine the price of a replacement cartidge on that one...

    --
    Je t'aime Stéphanie
  4. I envision... by philovivero · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...a (slashdotted) website actually hosted on one of these with content along the lines of "AOL CD in the Microwave" showing how you can carve an AOL CD into a cease-and-desist letter in five seconds flat.

    --
    fifth sigma, inc.
  5. Do you expect me to talk Goldfinger?? by TechnoGrl · · Score: 5, Funny

    "No Mr. Bond, I expect you to die!"

    --
    ----- In Your Cubicle No One Can Hear You Scream...
  6. Re:3D Copying by sydlexic · · Score: 4, Funny

    I've seen this somewhere before.

    yeah, slashdot about a month ago. we call this the RAINs effect: Redundant Array of Infinitely-repeating News stories.

  7. Yes, now my counterfeit plates ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    will produce even cleaner and crisper $100 bills.

  8. Engrave Windows CD by SpikyTux · · Score: 3, Funny

    I find one use of it - If you can't get a refund of your unused Windows CD, engrave it with the words "It sucks! Give me back my money!" and send it to Microsoft.

  9. But can you... by NewtonsLaw · · Score: 3, Funny

    But can you attach it to a fricken shark's fricken head?

  10. You could by kingkade · · Score: 3, Funny

    just use a hamster.

    "Now Mr. Shaggles, I'm going to dress you up in this miniature tuxedo I took of of my sister's Goin' Out Tonight Ken (TM) doll, and then I'm going to strap you to a 1/25th-scale mock-up of the table in Gold Finger made out of popsicle sticks. Then, I will dismember you with this high-powered, laser engraving printer. Any objections? No? (Hamster beginning to visible cry) Excellent."

    --
    why run from Vincenzo?
  11. Every time I try to do desktop laser cutting by WillASeattle · · Score: 3, Funny

    The teacher starts yelling at me.

    Something about "public property".

    --
    > --- All Of The Above --- >
  12. REALLY intricate holiday cookies? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    One shudders to think what Martha Stewart would do with one of these things...