Originally Posted by
2_many_hobbies
Awesome info, thanks. Great looking projects too!
I currently have a 3W 445nm that cuts papercrafts and bulsa and here was my "gran scheme".
1) Buy 40W cheepie and learn to use, fix and tune. Over the next year build a 1200 x 600 x 300mm frame and enclosure, put in new linear rails and custom controller. Then I just canabolize the Chinese machine.
2) Build the 1200 x 600 x 300mm enclosure right now and move over my current 3W laser. Next year I buy the 40W tube, power supply, optics, etc from lightobject.
I do not have the money to do both all at once unfortunatly and the enclosure, rails, etc will cost $6-800 by themselves. In the end I would have a 40W with 1000 x 500mm work area for ~$1600.