Bats
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I've been eyeing (no, not eyeing! eyes burn! bad laser! bad!) one of the NEJE lasers for a while now, but I'm in a bit of a quandary.
I was looking at (no! no looking at the beam! bad Bats! bad!) one of the 30W Master 2 Plus units, because if I'm going to drop the money, I'd like something that's good for more than just pen engraving. The problem is, Nancy over at NMC Lasers says there isn't a Benson Pace rotary jig that'll work with it yet (although she was kinda ambiguous as to whether the problem is the module wattage or the machine size, but I'm assuming it's the latter). Does anyone know if there's a T-Shadow/Mike Shortness version that'll do the job, or if there are any other alternatives?
I thought about just ("just") sticking a laser module on my CNC and installing a small rotary table, but that means controlling a fifth motor, which means a second parallel port, which means a lot of extra work. And I'd probably also have to raise my Z axis to clear the chuck, which is a project I really wasn't planning on getting into until I have a chance to enlarge the machine, which is waiting on a new bench, which is waiting on lumber prices to drop, which is waiting on the dog that worried the cat that chased the rat that ate the cheese that lay in the house thatJack Bats built.
(No, Bats didn't build the house. Or leave cheese lying around. Although the beagle wishes I would - she loves her cheese. She loves everyone else's cheese, too.)
I was looking at (no! no looking at the beam! bad Bats! bad!) one of the 30W Master 2 Plus units, because if I'm going to drop the money, I'd like something that's good for more than just pen engraving. The problem is, Nancy over at NMC Lasers says there isn't a Benson Pace rotary jig that'll work with it yet (although she was kinda ambiguous as to whether the problem is the module wattage or the machine size, but I'm assuming it's the latter). Does anyone know if there's a T-Shadow/Mike Shortness version that'll do the job, or if there are any other alternatives?
I thought about just ("just") sticking a laser module on my CNC and installing a small rotary table, but that means controlling a fifth motor, which means a second parallel port, which means a lot of extra work. And I'd probably also have to raise my Z axis to clear the chuck, which is a project I really wasn't planning on getting into until I have a chance to enlarge the machine, which is waiting on a new bench, which is waiting on lumber prices to drop, which is waiting on the dog that worried the cat that chased the rat that ate the cheese that lay in the house that
(No, Bats didn't build the house. Or leave cheese lying around. Although the beagle wishes I would - she loves her cheese. She loves everyone else's cheese, too.)