Laser cutter "Project" for someone - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: mikeselectricstuff
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 28, 2012, 02:29:12 pm
content: Finally got too tired of the space this thing is taking up...http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/200799320943

author: Galenbo
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 30, 2012, 11:03:48 am
content: I would eventually like to have it, somewhat depending of the price.Fully working or not, I don't care too much, if all the parts are there it's ok.More as a study/project/discovering possibilities, no real production.Unfortunately "Collection only"

author: Psi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 30, 2012, 11:22:18 am
content: It has to be "Collection only" because large lasers made of glass don't take kindly to being thrown aroundYou see almost a steady stream of forum threads over at photonlexicon that start something like.."So i bought this laser off ebay and this is how it arrived.."Normally followed by a pic of broken glass

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 30, 2012, 03:14:59 pm
content: I can just see me at Heathrow, saying that the 20kg of stuff next to me is carry on luggage.

author: nctnico
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 30, 2012, 03:50:50 pm
content: You could take the laser out and pack it in a seperate box.

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 30, 2012, 04:14:23 pm
content: With that size tube the box would be bloody big to survive the postal system.

author: nctnico
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 30, 2012, 08:50:26 pm
content: Every now and then I send a CRT. I use a small inner box and a large outer box. No problems at all.

author: Psi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 30, 2012, 10:19:09 pm
content: CRTs are generally thick glass and more or less a box/sphere shape with a vacuum inside to hold them together.Lasers are under little or no pressure are long and very thin. Sometimes parts of the tube are 5mm in diameter with thin walls and run the entire length of the 60cm tube.

author: DavidMenting
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: July 31, 2012, 05:52:34 am
content: If only I lived closer to London I would stop by and pick it up.It might be worth looking atLaOS Laser- they've designed an open source circuit board and software that plugs into these cheap Chinese laser cutters and makes them work with a simple printer driver and/or a simple piece of software calledVisiCutNo more NewlyDraw, NewlySeal and Chinese error messages. I've got a red one fromHPC(which is presumably similar to yours) happily laser cutting in the lab.

author: nctnico
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 31, 2012, 11:19:27 am
content: Bring someone you like/love and call it a short holiday

author: G7PSK
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 01, 2012, 05:52:50 pm
content: It would be nice but an ND.YAG laser would be nicer about 5KW.

author: BravoV
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 02, 2012, 07:35:22 am
content: Quote :"I reserve the right to publicly ridicule anybody asking stupid questions about this item........"LOLDunno why I find this quote funny, worth a sig !