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Desktop Laser Cutting/Engraving
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!"
after reading what the laser will cut through.. man i wish they could have one of those on a battle bot :-p
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Not just wood, but a variety of materials, too..
I wonder if it can fabricate keys. "Government Property - Do Not Duplicate," here I come.
If you shave your arm, numb it a bit, adjust the power, you have a home laser tattoo machine.
Imagine the price of a replacement cartidge on that one...
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...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.
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"No Mr. Bond, I expect you to die!"
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How many request for a free sample will VersaLaser be getting. (For those who haven't been to the site, they offer a free sample of material cut with the lazer)
More junk to collect!
here is that particular page.
As they mention on their site, TechTV did a short story about it (it's the last item on the list).
Teenagers these days don't have as much sex as they want each other to think they do.
I wonder if these could be used as an inexpensive way of routing PCBs. It seems it would be more reliable way to make boards without using a drill bit which would definately be niced. They don't seem to mention it being usable on metals though.
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You could check here; they seem to have at least one laser cutter, plus several other 3d-fabricating machines. You can even submit your own CAD-files for jewelry, toys etc.
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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.
Those are all professional grade machines, I never saw those before and thank
you for the link.
However have you ever seen the
stuff Roland puts out? They make a desktop CNC mills for under $1500
that can produce small items. Leases start at $100 @ mo. They have
desktop laser 3D scanners (put a real world object in, produces 3d model) too.
will produce even cleaner and crisper $100 bills.
Actually they use a patented quick change co2 laser cartridge with a lifespan of ten to twelve THOUSAND hours of use. After that you trade it back in and get a new one at the cost of about $1500. www.usedlasers.com -- we sell these machines used. Thanks, rob
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.
If you, for instance, use this to cut out parts of model aircraft, you still have to glue the aircraft together. That, to me, sounds a bit harder than cutting it out
You haven't built any model airplanes, have you?
Laser-cut parts have been all the rage in R/C modelling for the last several years. We used to spend a hellaciously long time cutting out small parts from sheets of balsa wood, (and re-cutting when we broke a piece, or cut too far, etc.)
At these prices, it's probably within the reach of a model airplane club to buy one. Fantastic!
-jcr
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But can you attach it to a fricken shark's fricken head?
The URL for their demo video is here -http://www.versalaser.com/english/techtv.wmv
It is kinda slowing down, right now am getting about 20kbps.
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?
For bigger projects there is a company called
Photomachining (http://www.photomachining.com)
that has some pretty serious laser systems that
sell for about $100k. Check it out. .
pretty neat stuff.
They'll also laser machine just about anything for
you in any custom way. Anything from PCBs to
medical devices to laser-etched guitar picks.
The teacher starts yelling at me.
Something about "public property".
> --- All Of The Above --- >
It's great for actually cutting stuff, for when you're using flat materials; fast, and a very small kerf.
As such it's just a 2D device. Can't do some of the more useful CNC work such as fly-cutting surfaces, pocket cutting, and 3D slopes.
If you want to do the same thing and can live with an 1/8" or 1/16" kerf, you can build a homebuilt CNC machine for an incredibly low price. Depending on what parts you make and where you get them, the price can range from near nothing to $750. Plus you get 3D profiling and a much more flexible machine: put a pen in it and sign lots of certificates, put a woodburning iron in it and make a cool clock face, put a small router in it and engrave your logo into your valve covers.
Just do a Google search for "homebuilt CNC" and you'll find plenty of good links.
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