Some time ago I thought I came up with an original idea of a laser tool path displayer, only to be shown that they already exist. The advantage of such a device is that it displays the tool path the exact position that the machine will cut. This means you can safely know where to screw down your work and not cut though a screw, also you can use scrap bits of timber and know if your work will fit into it.
Obviously it would need to get the information from mach in order to display the path.
I was wondering a few things........
Would any one be interested in designing the laser device and posting a build guide.
Could Mach be made to do this ?
Do any of you see an advantage of such a device?
It should be quite cheap to make using a $10 dollar laser a mirror and some soliniod device.
Any thoughts?
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