Laser chequering / engraving in action

[Wobble]

Posted in another OT thread but IMO very cool.

Video of it in action.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVUsxIW5JlU

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Really is the end of craftsman though

[KWhorenet]

Damn I would be laser patterning everything I own if I had the gear. Wooden walls, ute, people, everything must get a pattern

[KWhorenet]

That is unbelievable

Then the next youtube clip comes up showing hand engraving doing scroll work on a receiver by hand for a complete opposite

[brett1868]

Seriously cool and after 4.5 years since it was made I can imagine what they can do now. I can watch tech clips like this for hours and hours in pure amazement and particularly like the "How It's Made" series.

[Franky]

That's just too awesome for words I wonder if they can touch up damaged timber by making it deeper?

[jake84]

love that show how things are made
you can get that sort of work done on your boyds stock they do that too

[KWhorenet]

and something I didn't even notice initially is the use of high velocity CO2 not laser

Even more impressive! I haven't looked into the how it works yet but I presume it is like a plotter or laser printer head directing high pressure/velocity CO2 instead of ink?

[JOY]

Wow that's simply stunning to watch it's so beautiful when it's finished I just keep watching over and over

[brett1868]

and something I didn't even notice initially is the use of high velocity CO2 not laser

Even more impressive! I haven't looked into the how it works yet but I presume it is like a plotter or laser printer head directing high pressure/velocity CO2 instead of ink?

It actually is a L.A.S.E.R, there are many kinds and this one happens to be the CO2 variety. they have another video showing what they can do with paper which is cool as well https://www.youtube.com/user/lasersystemsuk/videos

[KWhorenet]

I now have to start looking for a way to purchase one of these somehow, somewhere or put one together with components and build my frame

[brett1868]

I now have to start looking for a way to purchase one of these somehow, somewhere or put one together with components and build my frame

I'm sure there are some DIY plans to build a CNC engraver using a high powered LED Laser. I've been saving up for a 3D printer and every time I'm about to purchase one the technology takes a jump forward so i'll wait till they make a reasonably priced one that prints metal.

[KWhorenet]

I now have to start looking for a way to purchase one of these somehow, somewhere or put one together with components and build my frame

I'm sure there are some DIY plans to build a CNC engraver using a high powered LED Laser. I've been saving up for a 3D printer and every time I'm about to purchase one the technology takes a jump forward so i'll wait till they make a reasonably priced one that prints metal.

I think with my new workshop / garage that's being planned for a build later this year, I will need to seriously consider future proofing its design for expansion. Getting it pre approved for added workshop/paint booth/woodworking machining rooms as my free time (now semi retired) gets taken up by this wonderful world of DIY with equipment I could only dream of in the past, or use whilst employed by a big organisation

I think the laser engraver could pay for it self if I became proficient and it was capable of more than I need personally

[Spooner]

That's just too awesome for words I wonder if they can touch up damaged timber by making it deeper?

Looking at it I'd say it takes and even depth of so would be tricky to get it to plane down a bump or level the surrounds of a dent.

If you fixed it up a bit my hand then used the laser to refinish the whole thing for an even look that would work magic though.