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Just got one of these: (kinda kit related)

Just got one of these badboys....





It can do everything from simple engraving in wood, metal, plastic, glass all the way to really complex vector cutting.

Best of all it outputs directly from any vector based program (illustrator, acrobat PDF, autoCAD, coreldraw, sketchup, etc.

If any of you want your gay logos engraved on your kit or custom shit laser cut let me know and if I've got time I'll knock it out for you for free.

If you send me anything KRK I will cut in half and send it back to you
in pieces.

Re: Just got one of these: (kinda kit related)

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Originally posted by DJ RANN If you send me anything KRK I will cut in half and send it back to you in pieces.

Funky tool though, I'd love one of those.

Why did you get it?

Retrofit as a weapon derppppp


You can get way better components if you purchase it directly from china as most if not all the ones in that price range are pretty much cheap Chinese stuff.

The ones they use for nuclear site decommissioning could probably slice people like a light saber.

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Originally posted by Viber Why did you get it?

Mainly for work (but also a little bit for fun). I kept having to outsource projects to different printers/workshops etc and as my projects are always quite complex, the process was just so time consuming (send them the file, get a quote, get a sample made, tell them how they fucked it up, adjust the sample (rinse and repeat until they get it right) and then go in to production.

I also just love making shit. Everything from my own art projects to radio controlled planes, to just playing and learning how lasers work.

It's amazing that you can own such a precision piece of kit in your home for a few thousand, that can cut through 1/2" plywood or acrylic, engrave on glass or metal and cut thin metal sheets.

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Originally posted by Richie Retrofit as a weapon derppppp

Lol, the thing is a weapon. I'm not quite sure it's a great idea to have a class 4 laser radiation device in my bedroom

There's one guy who does tatoos on himself with it. Apparently power setting 1 (out of a 100). On a 100 that thing will cut right through your finger.

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Originally posted by Richie You can get way better components if you purchase it directly from china as most if not all the ones in that price range are pretty much cheap Chinese stuff.

Nah, I looked long and hard in to that. Full spectrum also sell the Chinese ones as their budget models but the issue is that lasers are incredibly high precision units. 0.5mm variance in the path of the laser is enough to render to unit completely useless. Also, by the time you buy all the parts, you're at at least $2k, and that's before you've got a decent enclosure or the peripheral things like the extractor fan, compressor, water pump etc.

There's also three things you can't go cheap on; the laser tube (the shit chinese ones aren't up to power ("50 watt" is more like 30 etc) and burn out much faster. The processor board which makes it simple to print from any program is only made by one US company and the optics have to be top notch.

Basically, to build the same laser you're looking at $2.5k and at least 50 hours of building/assembling to have unit with no warranty.

I'm happy to pay the extra grand and have warranty, support and know that everything was made and built properly.

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Originally posted by Richie The ones they use for nuclear site decommissioning could probably slice people like a light saber.

And that's the scary shit right there. You can already buy (albeit you probably end up with a visit from the FBI unless you have a damn good reason for buying one) handheld lasers that will cut through car body paneling or small body parts.

The future (and by that I mean Star Wars) is nearly here. If you go on to the web and start digging deep, you've got guys that have built lasers at home that are scarily powerful, even handheld ones. The light sabre will happen in our lifetime. There's even a video from 2012 military testing showing a tracking surface to air laser slowly cutting off the tail of a plane. It takes like 5 minutes but I bet by now they got one that just slices it off in a few seconds.

Those bastards on Tomorrow's World weren't lying after all.

I used a mechanical engraver on all my stuff and it looks like shit.

I imagine most studios would like a friend like you,

Mechanical engraver? You mean like the handheld ones?

I have no idea how those guys do calligraphy and shit with those units. The few times I tried to play with them it looked like a 4 year old serial killer had rage tagged my kit.

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