[sudo-discuss] laser cutter

[Patrik D'haeseleer]

AMT has also made good use of CrowdTilt to raise funds internally for
pieces of equipment. Much lower weight that kickstarter or indiegogo; more
aimed at a group of friends pitching in money for a project.

Or of course we could just throw money at someone willing to take charge,
like we did for the robot arm.

I'd definitely be interested in putting in some money towards a laser
cutter.

Patrik


On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 6:36 PM, Jake <jake at spaz.org> wrote:

> i have visited two hackerspaces here in Toronto, including
> http://hacklabs.to
> and
> http://torontotoollibrary.com
>
> and it's clear that a hackerspace needs a laser cutter.  Sudoroom doesn't
> have one yet, so we should start thinking about which one we will get.
>
> I heard we had $12,000.00 too much in the bank, and here at TTL they have
> a HUGE laser cutter called the Lasersaur.  It's a kit, sortof, but it's a
> very serious machine.  It uses a 100 watt laser!  and that means it can cut
> through 3/4" plywood (in multiple passes)
>
> http://www.lasersaur.com/
>
> okay maybe we're not ready for something like this quite yet, but when
> we're ready we should keep it in mind.  We can skip over the step of
> getting a cheap lame cutter like those other hackerspaces.
>
> speaking of other hackerspaces, hacklabs has one from Universal Laser
> Systems that they got off Craigslist for $500 because the controller was
> fried.  They built a motor control system (the hard way) and then they had
> a nice laser cutter!  I think it's 25 watts.
>
> -jake
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