Lasers! That cut wood!! X- Y gantry is from here – I wouldn’t necessarily recommend you purchase this item but link here here for reference. – The quality is decent but you might want to get one with linear ball bearings, we will see how reliable it ends up being.
Category: Laser Cutter
Corel Draw Offset Line from Object for Laser Cutting
>Effects > Contour Tool Choose Outside or Inside depending on where you want the offset Choose Offset distance Choose one step Select the existing vector line you want the offset from Click Apply Right click on created contour object > Break Contour Group Apart Delete the interior filled object if desired Remove fill by selecting… Continue reading Corel Draw Offset Line from Object for Laser Cutting
LaserCAD does not bind to correct network interface
LaserCAD using the network interface is a great way to communicate with your laser cutter. Unfortunately the program seems to choose the wrong interface card on my desktop and there appears to be no way to change this besides disabling all other network adapters and running the program again. https://r1ch.net/projects/forcebindip Download the Zip file install… Continue reading LaserCAD does not bind to correct network interface
Laser cutter stepper motor driver upgrade
It was definitely time to clean up the wiring inside this laser cutter.. Something that was lashed together as quickly as possible and now has some wiring issue somewhere, best replaced with newer tech. Original double sided hand taped and etched PCBs made in 2004 for my CNC mill project – partly still working 2016