Home Laser Cutter

[petrov27]

This looks like it could be handy:

http://www.micromark.com/microlux-laserknife-2525-laser-cutter-engraving-machine,11921.html?ns_md=Email&ns_sc=Marketing&ns_cn=15WS21&ns_pc=15WS21&utm_source=Marketing&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=15WS21

[uncletony]

oh I need one of those.

[Pgtaylorart]

Yes, me too!

[uncletony]

too bad it is powered by corelDraw (and windows) … oh well… I could live with that.

[Alexis]

Cool , do your on PE parts at home !


Terri

[WarrenD]

I saw that in an e-mail from Micromark when I got home, and my first thought was that some of y'all would be all over this. Looks like I was right.

Warren

[Des]

Sorry Terri, it won't cut metal, I had the same thoughts as you did when I first saw it thinking this would be a great tool for making PE, but, no go, maybe oneday.

Des.

[ondra]

I was thinking in the same direction, but obviously it will not be able to cut metal, as Des mentioned.

On the other hand, if it is capable of cutting a plastic sheet - who says those tiny parts have to be made from brass?

[uncletony]

I was thinking in the same direction, but obviously it will not be able to cut metal, as Des mentioned.

On the other hand, if it is capable of cutting a plastic sheet - who says those tiny parts have to be made from brass?

And you can do kitchen sink PE already with their PE kit. It's not going to look like stuff you get from Eduard, but you can definitely make useful parts as I think I have shown. It is a bit of a production, but so is a $2000 laser cutter

[zavod44]

too bad it is powered by corelDraw (and windows) … oh well… I could live with that.

Corel accepts AI files, as well as a lots of other file types.  We use Corel on the laser at work.  I usually just draw the stuff in AI, then import it.  Corel is pretty user friendly.   The laser is obviously only gonna make 2D stuff anyhow so your drawing programs don't have to be that complicated. 

[uncletony]

too bad it is powered by corelDraw (and windows) … oh well… I could live with that.

Corel accepts AI files, as well as a lots of other file types.  We use Corel on the laser at work.  I usually just draw the stuff in AI, then import it.  Corel is pretty user friendly.   The laser is obviously only gonna make 2D stuff anyhow so your drawing programs don't have to be that complicated.

Yeah, I get all that, but it (the home laser cutter) requires a license for Corel as a driver which I would never otherwise use. ..

[zavod44]

too bad it is powered by corelDraw (and windows) … oh well… I could live with that.

Corel accepts AI files, as well as a lots of other file types.  We use Corel on the laser at work.  I usually just draw the stuff in AI, then import it.  Corel is pretty user friendly.   The laser is obviously only gonna make 2D stuff anyhow so your drawing programs don't have to be that complicated.

Wouldn't you use it to run the laser?

Yeah, I get all that, but it (the home laser cutter) requires a license for Corel as a driver which I would never otherwise use. ..

[uncletony]

too bad it is powered by corelDraw (and windows) … oh well… I could live with that.

Corel accepts AI files, as well as a lots of other file types.  We use Corel on the laser at work.  I usually just draw the stuff in AI, then import it.  Corel is pretty user friendly.   The laser is obviously only gonna make 2D stuff anyhow so your drawing programs don't have to be that complicated.

Wouldn't you use it to run the laser?

Yeah, I get all that, but it (the home laser cutter) requires a license for Corel as a driver which I would never otherwise use. ..

I'm just saying -- they are basically forcing me to buy a $200+ software package that is completely redundant to me, as I use AI already. There's no good reason why you would need a specific vector art program as a device driver. and I'd much rather drive it off one of my macs, but oh well...

[zavod44]

too bad it is powered by corelDraw (and windows) … oh well… I could live with that.

Corel accepts AI files, as well as a lots of other file types.  We use Corel on the laser at work.  I usually just draw the stuff in AI, then import it.  Corel is pretty user friendly.   The laser is obviously only gonna make 2D stuff anyhow so your drawing programs don't have to be that complicated.

Wouldn't you use it to run the laser?

Yeah, I get all that, but it (the home laser cutter) requires a license for Corel as a driver which I would never otherwise use. ..

I'm just saying -- they are basically forcing me to buy a $200+ software package that is completely redundant to me, as I use AI already. There's no good reason why you would need a specific vector art program as a device driver. and I'd much rather drive it off one of my macs, but oh well...

Most machine tools don't work that way.  Illustrator doesn't tell the laser how to run, it just makes the data the laser can see.  You need to buy their software to run the machine.  I think every machine we have in the shop works that way.  It's not like you can plug a Mac into a CNC machine and it will run it, the mac isn't designed to tell a mill to go up and down and back and fourth....the machine has it's own software to operate it.   

[uncletony]

too bad it is powered by corelDraw (and windows) … oh well… I could live with that.

Corel accepts AI files, as well as a lots of other file types.  We use Corel on the laser at work.  I usually just draw the stuff in AI, then import it.  Corel is pretty user friendly.   The laser is obviously only gonna make 2D stuff anyhow so your drawing programs don't have to be that complicated.

Wouldn't you use it to run the laser?

Yeah, I get all that, but it (the home laser cutter) requires a license for Corel as a driver which I would never otherwise use. ..

I'm just saying -- they are basically forcing me to buy a $200+ software package that is completely redundant to me, as I use AI already. There's no good reason why you would need a specific vector art program as a device driver. and I'd much rather drive it off one of my macs, but oh well...

Most machine tools don't work that way.  Illustrator doesn't tell the laser how to run, it just makes the data the laser can see.  You need to buy their software to run the machine.  I think every machine we have in the shop works that way.  It's not like you can plug a Mac into a CNC machine and it will run it, the mac isn't designed to tell a mill to go up and down and back and fourth....the machine has it's own software to operate it.   

Yes exactly, I know what a driver is . But apparently the driver for this machine is a corelDraw plugin, instead of a standalone driver. Anyway...