Laser Cutter/Engraver

[Vinny]

Picked up a laser cutter/engraver a couple of weeks ago.  Took a few days to install a vent, make room for it and some other things.  I still need to replace the laser head in it (consists of a better mirror and lens, not the laser itself), put a better controller in it (both are on order), add air assist and some other odds and ends but it works as is right now.  

It's a 40 watt CO2 and is currently engraving me some business cards.  Ignore the yellow stripes in the pic, they're from my LED lighting.



I tried engraving a faux leather patch but had the power up a little too high, that's what I get for following the instructions!   Burned right thru it.  No, I'm not posting a pic of that.  The business cards, however, are a different story.  They're coming out pretty good.  The camera angle is making it look less crisp than it is but at least the glare from the lite is gone.   The cards are anodized aluminum and take maybe 3-4 mins each.





The original reason for buying it was to do leather patches for hats (I've been doing t-shirts, hats, koozies, etc) hopefully I'll get to that soon.