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10th October 2010, 12:49 | #1 |
Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium
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| Build a cutting laser from an old PC [Drake Anthony] makes building a cutting laser from a PC look easy, and it seems like it actually is. Almost everything you need can be found in a dead desktop unit. The diode is pulled from a DVD writer (16x or faster), with the power supply unit, and heat sinks from the processor and GPU being used as well. You’ll also need a focusing lens (just a few dollars), some thermal glue, an LM317, a resistor, and a pair of protective goggles matching the laser diode’s wavelength. http://hackaday.com/2010/09/30/build...rom-an-old-pc/
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12th October 2010, 11:52 | #2 |
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| You can also try blue-ray laser diode, seems to be even more powerfull |
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