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WW1 Aircraft Modeling => What's New => Topic started by: Pgtaylorart on August 17, 2015, 05:44:40 PM

Title: Laser Cutter
Post by: Pgtaylorart on August 17, 2015, 05:44:40 PM

I just came across a home/hobby laser cutter for less than $1000 USD. Has anyone heard of this or had any experience with it?

Here's the link:

https://darklylabs.com (https://darklylabs.com)

George

Title: Re: Laser Cutter
Post by: uncletony on August 17, 2015, 10:27:43 PM

Ooo oh ooh. That's very tempting. And it works with MacOS (and Ubuntu) as well as Windows.

Title: Re: Laser Cutter
Post by: coyotemagic on August 18, 2015, 01:26:19 AM

Nice!  Please excuse my ignorance, fellas, but what are the dimensions of A3?  I'm pretty sure A4 is 8 1/2 x 11, but what's A3? And can this sort of laser cut brass?
Cheers,
Bud

Title: Re: Laser Cutter
Post by: Pgtaylorart on August 18, 2015, 03:17:15 AM

Quote from: coyotemagic on August 18, 2015, 01:26:19 AM

Nice!  Please excuse my ignorance, fellas, but what are the dimensions of A3?  I'm pretty sure A4 is 8 1/2 x 11, but what's A3? And can this sort of laser cut brass?
Cheers,
Bud

A4 is 8.27 x 11.7 and A3 is 11.69 x 16.53 inches. It can cut thin wood, paper, cardboard, some plastics, but since it's only 3 watts it won't cut brass. It looks like it would be good for a lot of other thing in our world, like cutting ribs! This would have saved me sooo much time.

George

Title: Re: Laser Cutter
Post by: Des on August 18, 2015, 06:55:04 AM

A nice little affordable laser cutter, it is a shame it won't cut metal. Laser cutters that will cut metal are a lot more expensive but with modern technology prices are dropping every day.

Des.

Title: Re: Laser Cutter
Post by: KitRookie37 on August 19, 2015, 04:40:41 PM

Hello gentlemen and ladies,
Thanks for sharing. It's promising, in 2 ou 3 years, it will be more efficient and cheaper.
Best regards.
Alain.