I’ve been giving myself a crash course refresher on light over the last new months. It started when I picked up a used Laser Cutter and wanted to figure out how it cuts with light. What I’ve written here is my understanding of things. I may be wrong, if so, please let me know in …
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I tried using my laser engraver to strip paint and mark the metal.
The paint stripping worked remarkably well. I also tried using some dry moly lube as an engraving agent. This also works well. The laser can't touch metal, the metal acts like a mirror unless much more powerful than I have. In album 1/22/17 Using the laser to strip paint. One pass doesn’t do a …
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My little Diva
She LOVES the mirror section at a store. I don't know where the hands behind the back came from, but she is adorable! In album 2014-02-16 View this post on Google+
Busted! Again!
The mirror print bed broke when I tried to heat the bed up to ABS temps. It looks like a 2nd temp sensor is just a touch high and created a stress point. PLA temps didn't cause any problems with it. One thing I noticed is when I used just the shard of mirror, the …
Watercooling my MakerGear Prusa RepRap
I’ve been fighting with printing 1.75mm PLA. The thicker brass in the hot end causes the heat to creep up more and make the ‘melt zone’ so long and sticky that the printer jams up. So, I fixed this issue. With one of my aquariums. I am now water cooling my hot end.