<div dir="ltr"><div>I was thinking that jobs would probably be in the order of mins. So yes, £5 sounds reasonable to me.<br><br>Unless I don't have much change on me I always chuck a minimum of a quid into the pot for suing the 3d printer.<br><br>I am sure everybody else must do the same.<br><br></div>You won't get a beer for less than £3 in most places now, a quid for just over 10 mins fun on a laser cutter would be a bargain!<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 18 December 2014 at 18:24, Justin Mitchell <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:justin@swansea.hackspace.org.uk" target="_blank">justin@swansea.hackspace.org.uk</a>></span> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Other hackspaces have suggested that a suitable rate is £5 an hour by<br>
the time you cover all the costs involved, the mirrors do gradually<br>
degenerate as well as the laser tube and other parts.<br>
<br>
but then, unlike the 3d printer, a job should take minutes not hours.<br>
<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br>
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On Thu, 2014-12-18 at 18:18 +0000, Emyr Morris wrote:<br>
> if we ask our members to pay £1 per laser burn hour for the use of the<br>
> machine then we should more than cover the cost of<br>
> repairs/replacement/upkeep of the machine!<br>
><br>
> :-)<br>
><br>
><br>
> On 18 December 2014 at 18:15, Justin Mitchell<br>
> <<a href="mailto:justin@swansea.hackspace.org.uk">justin@swansea.hackspace.org.uk</a>> wrote:<br>
> You did however correctly identify the type of tube we would<br>
> need to buy<br>
> at regular intervals when they burn out, cheap ones claim a<br>
> life of 1000<br>
> hours, but can often be much less.<br>
><br>
> £110 is roughly the bottom end of the market from what i've<br>
> seen,<br>
> although i was pushing for the 50W version for our starter<br>
> machine<br>
><br>
><br>
> On Thu, 2014-12-18 at 18:03 +0000, Ceri Clatworthy wrote:<br>
> > Spoil sport !!<br>
> ><br>
> > On 18 Dec 2014 17:42, "Justin Mitchell"<br>
> > <<a href="mailto:justin@swansea.hackspace.org.uk">justin@swansea.hackspace.org.uk</a>> wrote:<br>
> > On Thu, 2014-12-18 at 17:20 +0000, Ceri Clatworthy<br>
> wrote:<br>
> > ><br>
> ><br>
> <a href="http://www.banggood.com/40W-CO2-Carbon-Dioxide-Laser-Tube-Laser-Cutter-Part-p-958940.html" target="_blank">http://www.banggood.com/40W-CO2-Carbon-Dioxide-Laser-Tube-Laser-Cutter-Part-p-958940.html</a><br>
> > ><br>
> ><br>
> > > what do we need to drive it ??<br>
> > > we can make our own ..<br>
> ><br>
> > A sturdy X/Y mechanism<br>
> > a high voltage laser psu<br>
> > stepper motors and driver board<br>
> > water circulation pump<br>
> > set of the mirrors and focussing head<br>
> > honeycomb cutting bed<br>
> > air pump for the cutting head<br>
> > air vent pump for the box ventillation<br>
> > and most important of all a big metal LIGHT PROOF<br>
> box to keep<br>
> > it all in.<br>
> ><br>
> > building your own works only if you are building a<br>
> toy 1W one<br>
> > that cuts<br>
> > paper, or you are building a really big one and have<br>
> a<br>
> > metalwork shop to<br>
> > fabricate it with.<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
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