Putting it all together.
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- Cardboard and wood test pieces
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- Laser cutting is fun!
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- Everyone agrees.
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- First acrylic pieces coming together
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- Downtime with the 40W laser while waiting to use the 120W
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- Top half assembled
The materials I used are a little more than the final product requires, some material was used up in mistakes or scrapped in newer revisions, but here is what I started with:
- 2′ x 3′ 3/8″ acrylic ($20)
- 6″ x 6″ 1/8″ acrylic ($10)
- 4x 3/8 bolts
- 4x 3/8 lock washers
- 8x 3/8 flat washers
- 4x 3/8 nuts
- 1x #6 machine screw
- 1x #6 lock washer
- 2x #6 nuts
- 1x 5/8 bolt
- 3x 5/8 nuts
- 1x 5/8 lock washer (about $4 for all)
- 1 cheap tripod for the head (can be replaced with 10mm bolts or threaded rod) ($3)
- 2x bearings (26mm OD, 10mm ID, 8mm width) ($6)
- 2x BLDC motors (I got these for free)