Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Laser links ?

wanliker@... wrote:

> I sure hope that someone in this discussion is converting something for home
> shop use..........

It CAN be done. There's an outfit that sells CO2 laser kits at various levels
of completion, from a few hundred $ up to a bit over a thousand. I saw a rig
a guy put together with a relatively cheap XY router table and an approximately
home-made CO2 laser. He had one of those row of garage shops with a little office
up front. So, it wasn't technically a home shop, but not very far from it, either.
I was quite amazed at what he had thrown together. He made custom rubber
stamps for custom labels on grocery store items, and also cut clear and black
acrylic (Plexiglas) to make side-lit illumination bezels for light aircraft.

This isn't a $50 project like my "mini-EDM", that's for sure, but a technically
competent machinist-type who also knows computers, electronics and optics
should be able to make it work for a few thousand $ - less than some people
spend on a milling machine. If not so technically competent in ALL of the
above, then they'd learn a LOT!

Jon