Desktop Laser Cutting/Engraving

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Desktop Laser Cutting/Engraving

Posted by michael on Sunday April 20, 2003 @07:28AM 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!"

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battle bots by minus_273 · 2003-04-20 07:29 · 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

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1. Re:battle bots by BMojo · 2003-04-20 08:02 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  I just wouldnt want to be in the croud as that thing gets flipped over.
  
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Hmmm.. by pdbogen · 2003-04-20 07:30 · Score: 5, Interesting

Not just wood, but a variety of materials, too..

I wonder if it can fabricate keys. "Government Property - Do Not Duplicate," here I come.
1. Re:Hmmm.. by roseblood · 2003-04-20 07:31 · Score: 5, Interesting
  
  This would be great for cutting out the internal structures for model aircraft. Do you know how many spars and struts are in a 1:24th scale model of an F-14?
  
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Well by Anonymous Coward · 2003-04-20 07:31 · Score: 4, Funny

If you shave your arm, numb it a bit, adjust the power, you have a home laser tattoo machine.
$10k!! by SpanishInquisition · 2003-04-20 07:31 · Score: 5, Funny

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

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I envision... by philovivero · 2003-04-20 07:31 · 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.

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Do you expect me to talk Goldfinger?? by TechnoGrl · 2003-04-20 07:35 · Score: 5, Funny

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

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so... I wonder... by Drakin · 2003-04-20 07:36 · Score: 5, Interesting

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!
As seen on TechTV by cheezycrust · 2003-04-20 07:43 · Score: 4, Informative

As they mention on their site, TechTV did a short story about it (it's the last item on the list).

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Try before you buy... by PontifexPrimus · 2003-04-20 08:09 · Score: 5, Interesting

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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Re:3D Copying by sydlexic · 2003-04-20 08:24 · 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.
Yes, now my counterfeit plates ... by Anonymous Coward · 2003-04-20 08:53 · Score: 4, Funny

will produce even cleaner and crisper $100 bills.
Re:I don't think it requires replacement cartridge by wotan2525 · 2003-04-20 09:05 · Score: 5, Interesting

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