3 d printer magic laser cutting machine

3 d printer magic laser cutting machine. Desktop 3 d printer development so fast, in the past few years, you may have in your workshop has collected many old 3 d printers. Now what are they used for? Upgrade? To sell? Throw it away? I'm sure many of you think it is a vacuum. Now, there's a good idea. The old Makerbot and O - MATIC 3 d printer into a low power laser cutting, carving machine. Use it to cut plastic, wood, paper, foam board, plastic, and other materials, they call it the 'laser' robot. Hardware setup is simple. Use 455 nm laser diode installed in a 3 d printer in the front of the extruder, and use of the existing electronic devices to control the on/off signals, the 2 watts of laser driver circuit board is connected to the motor. OK hardware parts assembly is completed. The software you can use a drawing program to output G code files, here it is recommended to use Inkscape, an open source free program and 'LaserEngraver' plug-in to finish the work. After the G code file is loaded into the replicator, now you can simply press the 'print' button, to start the laser cutting machine. Note of laser is used in this project is very strong, so you have to buy a glasses wear.