My Machine

[michael]

Kip "Seriously" I always smile and I say that with a serious amount of seriousness.

[John S]

Is that a nice smile or the scowl in the picture ?

John S.

[michael]

Is that a nice smile or the scowl in the picture ?

John S.

Usually Wind John S, Did you get my email???????

Michael.

[Lee Roberts]

Kip "Seriously" I always smile and I say that with a serious amount of seriousness.

So are you serious then? Or are you unsure about how serious you are when you’re showing seriousness about something that really is quite serious?

Yours semiseriously,
Lee

[michael]

Gonna build a new machine! Any suggestions on how I could improve on my existing machine would be appreciated.

Similar flying bridge design but with single (larger) ballscrew for X axis and THK fully supported rail on all axis.


Michael.

[Lee Roberts]

You'v got 48 hours to comply Michael, i'v got a DVD Burner and i know how to use it, its your choice !

[michael]

As I don't wish to teach people how to suck eggs please ask a specific question!!!!!
There are loads of tutorials on the net for building a laser pointer with a DVD diode, thats the hard bit!!

Cheers!

Michael.

[John S]

Right,

What power?
Where do you buy them?
What to use for a power supply?
How do you focus it?
What will it cut / engrave given the power?

When are you coming to fit it and wire it up for me ?

Is that enough to work with ?:heehee:

[John S]

If I turn my telescope to the sun....couple mirrors.......Ahhhhhhhhhhhh

Now that's cool... tracking ants by CNC

[michael]

Right,

What power?
Where do you buy them?
What to use for a power supply?
How do you focus it?
What will it cut / engrave given the power?

When are you coming to fit it and wire it up for me ?

Is that enough to work with ?:heehee:

Okay.......
Power - The one I used was 180mw 635nm (visable red)
Where to get/PSU & focusing all here http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/300mW-650nm-Re...3A1%7C294%3A50



This includes everything you need, really easy. Comes with lens & body which is 12mm od so you'll need to fashion a clamp for that. The lens supplied is plastic however so was the one I used.

To drive it, simply give it 6 - 20v when you want it to fire. I would reccomend either a transistor or solid state relay to turn it off / on as switching speeds could get to high for a mechanical relay.

Focusing is easily adjusted by rotating the lens at the end of the unit.

At 180mw - 300mw you will only be cutting foams up to a few mm's and vinyl / stickey back plastic.

for engraving, Pretty much anything organic eg; leather, Wood etc. Also most plastics but results will vary depending on the colour of the material, A red laser will hardly leave a witness mark on red plastic and would struggle to set fire to bright white paper. However if was a slightly darker colour paper would ignite almost instantly.

John S. When ever you like mate!!!!

Michael Duffin.