Spent some time creating a bunch of matchbox cars with prompts from my kids. Try coming up with some of your own and posting them here.
Album: https://imgur.com/a/tuA4jPb
Yep that would work too!
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.
I figured it's worth sharing mistakes for people to learn from.
That could work orI think I could potentially shorten the front legs so it tilts more forward. This is a few years old now, it's mainly just my chair for sitting.
I stick to mainly 3mm Baltic Birch plywood and acrylic for cutting. I have done up to 6mm. There are lots of things it can cut/etch you just have to be careful understanding what should/should not be cut. For example, vinyl can be cut but should not because it releases caustic gases that damage the machine and your lungs.
For engraving there really isn't a thickness limit, more just what fits inside the machine. I have engraved hardwoods, plywood,cork,slate, painted tiles,
As a CO2 laser it cannot cut metal. It can cut clear acrylic and etch glass.
I love it!
I did a write up on the original purchase and unboxing here [email protected]
Initial price was $365, I have added mods and upgrades over the years.
I ended up going down a rabbit hole which ultimately led me to K40 laser cutters, which I ended up buying and starting a whole new hobby!
Nicely done 👍
I have never needed to adjust for laser kerf with that site. Put in the thickness of the material and it does the rest.
Do it! Be sure to share what you come up with!
We had an ugly metal clad solid wood exterior door that leads from a basement family room into our below grade garage. I had redone the floor and trim in the family room and was looking for a way to fancy up the door without having to spend a fortune.
Original door
Took the door off and cleaned it up
Cut 1/2 MDF to size to give the apperance of a 5 panel door
Glued on the panels, and filled and sanded all the edges. Chamfered edges
Primed
Paint added
Rehung- the MDF made an already thick door significantly thicker so I had to spend quite some time finding hardware that would work.
It's been 4 years since this was installed and it's held up perfect. I was worried about the MDF getting dinged, but it has not.
ESP8266 and a 2.4 inch touch screen. The button turns on and off the LED backlight on the screen.
Inside the base is a charging station that powers the weather display, 2x USB C and the galaxy 4 watch base.
The base is made of layers of plywood cut out on my laser cutter.
Weather station code by Daniel Eichhorn https://github.com/ThingPulse/esp8266-weather-station-color
Weather info is grabbed from Openweathermap, you can sign up for their free API key
Source code https://github.com/ThingPulse/esp8266-weather-station-color/blob/master/esp8266-weather-station-color.ino
I was using adafruit hardware so used their guide/libraries https://learn.adafruit.com/wifi-weather-station-with-tft-display
I had to remove some of their touchscreen calibration code since it seemed to be causing things to get hung up in a loop when turned on.
I also had to adjust the rotation 180degrees so the ESP attached to the back of the screen was at the bottom instead of the top to fit it in the enclosure.
I use pin 5 to toggle the LED backlight.
Build Album https://imgur.com/a/0gujuvz
Pretty simple pocket hole construction with poplar and edge banded birch plywood, painted black with an oil based paint.
I have never worked with caning before, and probably won't again. 😆. Getting it aligned and pulled tight was a chore.
Plans based off of the ones found here, and modified to my wife's requirements. https://www.thisoldhouse.com/house-one/22598580/how-to-build-a-console-cabinet
Some Where's Waldo inspired images from places in Middle Earth Album: https://imgur.com/a/g4SDof2
Took this one in Montana
Build album:
https://imgur.com/gallery/lxL8FAx
Built this almost 6 years ago now, but thought you folks might appreciate it. Build album https://imgur.com/gallery/xNZRW
Update: Story complete! Thanks [email protected] and [email protected] for contributing!
ORIGINAL: Respond with an image of what happens in the next scene. Then others can respond to that image to continue the story.
Initial Midjourney prompt: 6 and 8 year old brothers, backs to the camera, playing in a backyard sandbox
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.