Cold Metal Fusion for 3D Printing
When you see the term cold fusion, you probably think about energy generation, but the Cold Metal Fusion Alliance is an industry group all about 3D printing metal using Selective
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Laser Hacks
Review: WAINLUX K8, a Diode Laser That’s Ready to Work
Rarely a week goes by that some company doesn’t offer to send us their latest and greatest laser. You know the type — couple of aluminum extrusions, Class 4 diode
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Laser Projector Built from an Old Hard Drive
Spinning hard drives are being phased out of most consumer-grade computers in favor of faster technology like solid-state drives and their various interfaces. But there’s still millions of them in
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Goniometer Gives You an Edge at Knife Sharpening
Sometimes you absolutely, positively need to know the angle of the cutting edge on a knife. When you do, the best tool for the job is a laser goniometer, and
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Portable ESP32 RGB Lasershow Has All the Trimmings
Perhaps there was a time when fancy laser effects were beyond those without the largest of bank accounts, but today they can be created surprisingly easily. [Corebb] shows us how
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Laser Projector Relies on Steppers Rather Than Galvanometers
Laser light shows have always been real crowd-pleasers. There’s just something about the frenetic movement of a single point of intensely bright light making fluid animations that really captures the
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$60 Laser Makes the Cut with New Controller
If you are reading the Lightburn forums, you probably already have a laser cutter of some kind. But, if you are like most of us, you can always be tempted
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Glass 3D Printing via Laser
If you haven’t noticed, diode laser engraver/cutters have been getting more powerful lately. [Cranktown City] was playing with an Atomstack 20 watt laser and wondered if it would sinter sand
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Interesting Optics Make This Laser Engraver Fit in a Pocket
We’re going to start this post with a stern warning: building a laser engraver that can fit in your pocket is probably not a wise idea. Without any safety interlocks
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A Home Made Laser Cutter for $700
While some decent lasers are out there for under $400 USD, they tend to be a little small. What if you wanted something a little nicer but didn’t want to
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