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Goniometer Gives You an Edge at Knife Sharpening

February 9, 2023 Navarre Bartz 46 Viewscutting tools, diy knife sharpening, goniometer, knife, knife sharpener, knife sharpening, knives, laser, laser goniometer, laser measurement, laser measuring 1 min read

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

Portable ESP32 RGB Lasershow Has All the Trimmings

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Portable ESP32 RGB Lasershow Has All the Trimmings

November 21, 2022 Jenny List 105 ViewsESP32, galvanometer, laser 1 min read

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

Laser Projector Relies on Steppers Rather Than Galvanometers

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Laser Projector Relies on Steppers Rather Than Galvanometers

November 2, 2022 Dan Maloney 141 ViewsESP32, laser, projector, STSPIN220, X-Y 1 min read

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

Glass 3D Printing via Laser

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Glass 3D Printing via Laser

September 19, 2022 Al Williams 146 Views3d printing, glass, laser, sls printing 1 min read

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

Interesting Optics Make This Laser Engraver Fit in a Pocket

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Interesting Optics Make This Laser Engraver Fit in a Pocket

July 24, 2022 Dan Maloney 181 Viewscutter, engraver, galvo, laser, raster 1 min read

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

Extruded Resin FDM Printing (With Lasers!)

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Extruded Resin FDM Printing (With Lasers!)

June 22, 2022 Adam Zeloof 193 Views3d printing, FDM, laser, resin 1 min read

At this point, 3D printers are nearly everywhere. Schools, hackerspaces, home workshops, you name it. Most of these machines are of the extruded-filament variety, better known as FDM or Fused

Old Printer Becomes Direct Laser Lithography Machine

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Old Printer Becomes Direct Laser Lithography Machine

March 22, 2022 Dan Maloney 193 Viewsetching, galvanometer, galvo, integrated circuit, laser, lithography, MEMS, optical, silicon 1 min read

What does it take to make your own integrated circuits at home? It’s a question that relatively few intrepid hackers have tried to answer, and the answer is usually something

As Fast as a Speeding Bullet

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As Fast as a Speeding Bullet

February 14, 2022 Al Williams 166 Viewschronograph, CoilGun, laser 1 min read

[Electronoobs] built a coil gun and the obvious question is: how fast is the projectile? To answer it, he built a chronograph suitable for timing a bullet. The principle is

3D Printer Showdown: $350 Consumer vs $73,000 Pro Machine

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3D Printer Showdown: $350 Consumer vs $73,000 Pro Machine

January 29, 2022 Al Williams 192 Views3D resin printer, comparison, laser, masked SLA, MSLA, resin 1 min read

The quality of consumer-grade 3D printing has gone way up in recent years. Resin printers, in particular, can produce amazing results and they get less expensive every day. [Squidmar] took