[Swansea Hackspace] 40W CO2 Laser

[Emyr Morris]

if we ask our members to pay £1 per laser burn hour for the use of the
machine then we should more than cover the cost of
repairs/replacement/upkeep of the machine!

:-)

On 18 December 2014 at 18:15, Justin Mitchell <
justin at swansea.hackspace.org.uk> wrote:
>
> You did however correctly identify the type of tube we would need to buy
> at regular intervals when they burn out, cheap ones claim a life of 1000
> hours, but can often be much less.
>
> £110 is roughly the bottom end of the market from what i've seen,
> although i was pushing for the 50W version for our starter machine
>
>
> On Thu, 2014-12-18 at 18:03 +0000, Ceri Clatworthy wrote:
> > Spoil sport !!
> >
> > On 18 Dec 2014 17:42, "Justin Mitchell"
> > <justin at swansea.hackspace.org.uk> wrote:
> >         On Thu, 2014-12-18 at 17:20 +0000, Ceri Clatworthy wrote:
> >         >
> >
> http://www.banggood.com/40W-CO2-Carbon-Dioxide-Laser-Tube-Laser-Cutter-Part-p-958940.html
> >         >
> >
> >         > what do we need to drive it ??
> >         > we can make our own ..
> >
> >         A sturdy X/Y mechanism
> >         a high voltage laser psu
> >         stepper motors and driver board
> >         water circulation pump
> >         set of the mirrors and focussing head
> >         honeycomb cutting bed
> >         air pump for the cutting head
> >         air vent pump for the box ventillation
> >         and most important of all a big metal LIGHT PROOF box to keep
> >         it all in.
> >
> >         building your own works only if you are building a toy 1W one
> >         that cuts
> >         paper, or you are building a really big one and have a
> >         metalwork shop to
> >         fabricate it with.
> >
> >
> >
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