Laser

After an unexpected tax return came in, I finally decided to get a laser cutter. One had been on my wish list for quite some time, and this was the perfect excuse to take the plunge.

After reading a bunch of online reviews, I decided to buy Full Spectrum’s 40W Deluxe Hobby Laser. After owning and using it for 2 months now, I would definitely consider it a good decision. This post should explain the rundown of how I set it up, what I found out, and what you can probably expect, should you choose to invest in your own laser cutter.

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What happens when you have one auger lying around, and a laser cutter that you’re just dying to make something with? You make a dog-food hopper!

The motor assembly was taken out of an old CD-ROM drive, and the rest was modeled around it via Google Sketchup. It was then exported to SVG and sent to the laser. Everything went better than expected 🙂

Now all that’s left to do is to cut some trash-can inserts out of plywood to keep the kibble near the auger pickup.