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cross-posted from laser cutting community [email protected] : https://lemm.ee/post/896795

This was my first real dive into Arduino and multiple button mapping. It took a significant amount of trouble shooting and learning the software to get things to map to the computer action.

Gif of the action https://imgur.com/a/XI9KTeH

Prototype 1:Started this project before I had a laser cutter and had tried to just drill through acrylic. It didn't work well, but it held my buttons during testing

Prototype 2 Still no laser cutter but I cut out using plywood worked much better for manually cutting out the holes

Prototype 3 Much better

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think it would probably be worth looking into an 80w-100w lasers with larger cutting beds for you. There is a huge community around the Chinese Red/black style laser cutters that are a steps above the k40 but still significantly cheaper than other commercial/consumer models.

That will likely be what I upgrade to next.

I have not tried cutting pcbs with a laser cutter but I am sure someone has so the results are out there somewhere.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I have actually been looking at those larger, more powerful machines. It's a toss up for me whether I go with a small CNC machine of a larger laser cutter. I'm leaning toward to the larger laser cutter.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It is obviously unique to each person's use case but I have heard lots of anecdotal conversation around people getting membership to makerspaces to get access to CNC machines and end up spending the bulk of their time on the laser cutters.

I am a hobby woodworker so I think a CNC would be cool, but spend more time wishing I had a bigger laser cutter than wanting a CNC.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I have friends nearby who have a good quality 3D printer and a nice CNC mill. I'm heavily leaning toward the laser cutter.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I expect to see updates over in the laser cutter community!