1 Topic by Pete49

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Topic: printer to laser cutter/engraver

Hi all,
I recently became interested in the possibilities of converting my spare 3D printer into a laser cutter/engraver. I have seen a few Utube videos but is there a forum similar to this on for that purpose? I would like to pursue this further and would love to find a friendly, useful forum like ours to avoid the usual asshats that tend to spoil things.
Pete

2 Reply by Tin Falcon

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Re: printer to laser cutter/engraver

It can and has been done. As you say not without pit falls.

I would not try to cut more than paper .
as far as forums do not know.
you do not need the z height.
from what i have seen the $400 40 watt machines are decent  if you throw away the exhaust fan and replace and toss the software and use open source.

I still need to get my $200 cnc engraver going before i make another purchase.

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