Awesome I will check this out and try to implement it into the NC file creation process, sure hope it works

 

I would be glad to help but if this is a class project then safety is a must as lasers are no joke and I'm sure you know this. I advise eye safety as a must before exposure.
All of the info needed is posted in the build or will be when it is complete.
If you decide to follow along and build your own rendition and you are stumped at some point feel free to ask.
Enjoy and good luck

 

Arduino nano/A4988 driver board stock and my power supply arrived today
On with the build

 

I ordered them from eBay in bulk to try and put together a few plug and play kits for anyone interested.
Spent the night with the iron puting all the pins in place and programing the Arduino's

If it goes well I will be ordering more in larger qty in turn lowering the price on the kits in the long run

 

Oh! Ok I thought that you had taken care of that and ordered some already.
What I will do is pack an arduino and two stepsticks together and ship them ASAP, don't see shipping being that much as they charge by weight now, your driver board was only $17 to ship
Works out good cause from what I was told, $17-20 would be about the rate for anywhere in the states that the kit would ship.
I have to figure out how to sell them as I'm not making money off the items really, I only charge for my board and throw the arduino and stepsticks in at cost.
I have a PayPal account and think I will use e-mail and the money transfer option for now till I get more situated.
My worry really is them charging me a fee if I set myself up as a merchant.
I want to keep the costs as low as possible and don't want to pass on anymore cost to the kit

I have got the cost of making the 1 amp driver board shields down to the $25 mark and I'm hopping a larger order of the arduino's /stepsticks will allow for a full kit to come in under the $50 mark

 

Well thank you for sharing that is awesome!
And yes having the v-groove makes things a lot more easy and clean.
I'm working with the g-code now,
I have the eggbot extensions installed traced the bitmap,removed bitmap, hatched and now running the g-code extensions to see what happens
Fingers crossed
I figured building a shield where the arduino and motor drivers where removable would save money in the long run, burn a board swap
If you need any help feel free to ask but I don't think you need any by the looks of things haha!

 

We'll the hatching seems to work or I should say it's coming along lol
Using a laser with a dot about .2 of a mm takes a lot of processing

On another note I have assembled the arduino and stepsticks, will pack and ship Monday with the other orders just finishing up 2 driver boards

 

Ty for your interest in my build

I have placed another order as my stock that I just received didn't last long.
I have all the materials on hand for the driver board and will have about 3 extra on hand when the Arduino's and stepsticks arrive.
As soon as a kit is available I will let you know and we can arrange shipping/payment

 

Yep! Not a problem
I will message you when they are ready to ship

 

No problem
Happy to see it made with out any issues.
I use a fast dry colored clear coat then give it a little polish before assembling the board.
Can't wait to see what you put together
That laser package you got looks awesome may just have to grab 1 lol

 

Blue seems to be the only color being requested so I think that will be the default color.

The other colors will still be available but on request, a 2 day wait time will be needed to build and test it

Boards before polishing and assembly

 

Ty bud
Your lens should have slots in it on 1 side.
The slots face out or in your case I would say to you the slots go into the adjusting cap

 

Still waiting on a part and popping into the plexiglass shop tomorrow
Killing some time building the second batch of Laser V boards

 

Ty
The boards are done I'm just waiting on the micro stepping jumpers to arrive.
I will be sending them to open builds ASAP so keep an eye out as there will only be ten available.

Note: you will need your arduino nano and stepsticks so pre order them off eBay or where you prefer.

There will be support/hex file under Laser V in the controller section of the forum.

Can't wait to see what you guys come up with

 

I am not sure what kind of performance your looking for as in speed and quality of cut.
808nm is better suited for cutting rather then visible spectrums but in order to get clean none chard cuts you would be better off going with a 40w china tube and mirrors.

Another thing to keep in mind is the lens or manor you choose to focus the beam.

So I'm not going to say it can't and I have cut wood with 1w 445nm, just took for ever and the end results were not that great.

Foam, thin plastics, paper, nylon things like this I can say yes and at bearable speeds

Just my 2 cents, hope it helped

 

Ty
I can upload the .skd files but you and others may need to mod them as my motors mounting holes are none standard nema layout.
They are nema 11 as for the ratings .312 amps 4.7mm shaft
As for the rest like belt clips and plates you should be good to go

I will post them ASAP and add as I go along.

Germany!
That's awesome! so many builders from around the world