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Rarely a week goes by that some company doesn’t offer to send us their latest and greatest laser. You know the type — couple of aluminum extrusions, Class 4 diode …read more Continue reading Review: WAINLUX K8, a Diode Laser That’s Ready to Work
It’s not often we feel that something we’re featuring is a genuinely new and groundbreaking technique, but a team from the University of Maryland’s Small Artifacts Lab may have done …read more Continue reading Fiber Laser Your Way To Flexible PCB Success!
If you are reading the Lightburn forums, you probably already have a laser cutter of some kind. But, if you are like most of us, you can always be tempted …read more Continue reading $60 Laser Makes the Cut with New Controller
[Mark aka Mokey] borrowed his friend’s open-frame laser engraver for a while, and found it somewhat lacking in features and a bit too pricey for what it was. Naturally, he …read more Continue reading Mokeylaser: A DIY Laser Engraver That You Can Easily Build
[Jeshua Lacock] from 3DTOPO owns a large-format CNC (4’x8′, or 1.2×2.4 m), that he strongly feels is lacking laser-cutting capabilities. The frame is there, and a 150 W CO2 laser …read more Continue reading Giant CNC Partners With Powerful Laser Diode
Got a couple of old DVD-RW drives lying around, just collecting dust? Of course you do. If not, you likely know where to find a pair so you can build …read more Continue reading Mini Laser Engraver Could Carve Out a Place on Your Desk
You have to really like slide rules to build your own, including the necessary artwork. Apparently [Dylan Thinnes] is a big fan, based on this project he began working on …read more Continue reading Design and Build Your Own Circular Slide Rule
One of the limitations of the conventional Cartesian CNC platforms is that the working area will usually be smaller than its footprint. SCARA arms are one of the options to …read more Continue reading Small Footprint Scara Laser Engraver has Massive Build Area
Getting great results from a laser cutter takes a bit of effort to make sure all of the settings are just right. But even then, if the air between the …read more Continue reading Hacking an Air Assist for the Ortur Laser
Last month in my hands-on review of the Ortur Laser I hinted that I had done a few things to make it work a little better. I made three significant …read more Continue reading Hacking the Ortur Laser with Spoil Board, Z-Height, and Air Assist