[Swansea Hackspace] SUPERCARVER K2 1000mW High Speed Miniature Laser Engraving Machine Print Engraver Carver Automatic DIY Carving Off-line Operation with Protective Glasses | Tomtop.com

[Justin Mitchell]

On Fri, 2016-12-23 at 19:04 +0000, David Davies-Day wrote:
> Can thia really be a 1000mW engraver for this price?
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so a 1W 405nm blue laser diode, looks to be about £20 or so for the
laser on its own.

aliexpress has similar engraver machines starting at £65 delivered.

it looks to be a similar construction to cheap 3d printers, but doesnt
need the z-axis movement or heated bed, so yeah, price is about right.