I've just bought a cheap Chinese laser cutter and I have lots of modifications in progress and lots planned so I thought I'd get it documented.
There will be lots of pictures and I'm happy to (try and) answer any questions you have.
For those who don't want to read the whole thread (although I'd recommend you do), all pictures will be on my Google+ here with captions: http://plus.google.com/photos/114914...30806001?hl=en
(There will also be extra pictures on there)
First off I want to thank the writers/owners of the following (in no particular order):
Laser Cutting
Upgrading a Laser Cutter from China (Part Two)…
CO2 laser cutter
My cheap Chinese laser experience
madbodger: Laser cutter, part I
All have been very helpful in convincing me to take the plunge and go ahead and buy one of these cheap machines so cheers guys!
Ok so the story:
I've wanted a laser cutter for years but never actually got round to buying one then last week I decided it was time.
I looked on eBay and found various machines sold by various different sellers all looking very similar, some with different software etc. These ranged from about £800 to well over £1500 all for basically the same machine.
I then (completely by accident) clicked on page 16 or something and found a few for around £450 including postage. I was dubious but with the sellers having 99.#% ratings with a few thousand items sold I thought I was pretty safe with that.
Right, web browser's gone borked so I'll start with pics and mod info in next post.