Hackaday (unofficial) December 10, 2022 1:00am Properly Pipe Laser Light Around with Homebrew Fiber Couplings #laserhacks #bayonet #collimator #coupling #fiber #fiberoptic #laser #st #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Properly Pipe Laser Light Around With Homebrew Fiber Couplings It’s a rare person who can pick up a cheap laser pointer and not wield it like a lightsaber or a phaser, complete with sound effects. There’s just something about the “pew-pewR…
Hackaday (unofficial) December 6, 2022 10:00pm The World’s Brightest Laser Pointer? #laserhacks #laser #laserarray #laserpointer #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 The World’s Brightest Laser Pointer? The videos from [styropyro] are always amusing and informative. However, ironically for him, he is alarmed that many green laser pointers are more powerful than they are supposed to be. Sure, you o…
Hackaday (unofficial) November 22, 2022 1:00am Portable ESP32 RGB Lasershow Has All the Trimmings #laserhacks #esp32 #galvanometer #laser #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Portable ESP32 RGB Lasershow Has All The Trimmings Perhaps there was a time when fancy laser effects were beyond those without the largest of bank accounts, but today they can be created surprisingly easily. [Corebb] shows us how with a neat unit u…
Hackaday (unofficial) November 5, 2022 5:00pm Laser Projector Relies on Steppers Rather Than Galvanometers #laserhacks #esp32 #laser #projector #stspin220 #xy #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Laser Projector Relies On Steppers Rather Than Galvanometers Laser light shows have always been real crowd-pleasers. There’s just something about the frenetic movement of a single point of intensely bright light making fluid animations that really capt…
Hackaday (unofficial) October 16, 2022 6:00am Laser Engraving, Up Close #laserhacks #fiberlaser #laser #laserengraving #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Laser Engraving, Up Close You know you aren’t supposed to watch your laser while it is cutting or engraving. But [Alex] hosted Wired in his studio and showed them how lasers engrave metal with a fiber laser. You can s…
Hackaday (unofficial) October 6, 2022 12:00am $60 Laser Makes the Cut with New Controller #laserhacks #toolhacks #grbl #lasercutter #laserengraver #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 $60 Laser Makes The Cut With New Controller If you are reading the Lightburn forums, you probably already have a laser cutter of some kind. But, if you are like most of us, you can always be tempted into another “deal.” [Dkj4lin…
Hackaday (unofficial) October 4, 2022 12:00am Laser Zaps Cockroaches Over One Meter #laserhacks #ai #cockroach #jetsonnano #laser #machinelearning #yolo #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Laser Zaps Cockroaches Over One Meter You may have missed this month’s issue of Oriental Insects, in which a project by [Ildar Rakhmatulin] Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh caught our attention. [Ildar] led a team of researche…
Hackaday (unofficial) September 21, 2022 12:00pm Cutting Metals With a Diode Laser? #laserhacks #cutting #diodelaser #metal #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Cutting Metals With A Diode Laser? Hobbyist-grade laser cutters can be a little restrictive as to the types and thicknesses of materials that they can cut. We’re usually talking about CO2 and diode-based machines here, and if …
Hackaday (unofficial) September 20, 2022 6:00am Glass 3D Printing via Laser #3dprinterhacks #laserhacks #3dprinting #glass #laser #slsprinting #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Glass 3D Printing Via Laser If you haven’t noticed, diode laser engraver/cutters have been getting more powerful lately. [Cranktown City] was playing with an Atomstack 20 watt laser and wondered if it would sinter sand …
Hackaday (unofficial) September 14, 2022 9:00pm Mokeylaser: A DIY Laser Engraver That You Can Easily Build #laserhacks #toolhacks #aluminiumextrusion #cncshield #diodelaser #grbl #gt2belt #laserengraver #nema17 #sainsmart #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Mokeylaser: A DIY Laser Engraver That You Can Easily Build [Mark aka Mokey] borrowed his friend’s open-frame laser engraver for a while, and found it somewhat lacking in features and a bit too pricey for what it was. Naturally, he thought he could do…
Hackaday (unofficial) September 8, 2022 12:00pm Ask Hackaday: Stripping Wires with Lasers #askhackaday #laserhacks #toolhacks #laser #wirestripping #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Ask Hackaday: Stripping Wires With Lasers Most of us strip the insulation off wires using some form of metal blade or blades. You can get many tools that do that, but you can also get by with skillfully using a pair of cutters, a razor bla…
Hackaday (unofficial) September 3, 2022 12:00am Cutting The Grass With Frickin’ Lasers #laserhacks #toolhacks #diodelaser #lawnmower #rover #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Cutting The Grass With Frickin’ Lasers We techie types are quite often much more comfortable in front of a keyboard knocking out code, than out in the yard splitting logs for winter, and even the little jobs like cutting the grass are s…
Hackaday (unofficial) July 30, 2022 3:00pm Demonstrate Danger, Safely #hackadaycolumns #laserhacks #rants #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Demonstrate Danger, Safely Dan Maloney and I were talking about the chess robot arm that broke a child’s finger during the podcast, and it turns out that we both have extreme respect for robot arms in particular. Dan had a s…
Hackaday (unofficial) July 24, 2022 6:00pm Interesting Optics Make This Laser Engraver Fit in a Pocket #laserhacks #cutter #engraver #galvo #laser #raster #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Interesting Optics Make This Laser Engraver Fit In A Pocket We’re going to start this post with a stern warning: building a laser engraver that can fit in your pocket is probably not a wise idea. Without any safety interlocks and made from lightweight…
Hackaday (unofficial) July 18, 2022 9:00pm Ortur Laser Will Go Open-Source #laserhacks #news #grbl #opensource #ortur #software #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Ortur Laser Will Go Open-Source Well, that was fast! Last week, we wrote about a video by [Norbert Heinz] where he called out the Ortur laser engravers for apparently using the GPL-licensed grbl firmware without providing the sou…
Hackaday (unofficial) July 15, 2022 9:00pm Collaborative Effort Gets Laser Galvos Talking G-Code #laserhacks #carbondioxide #co2 #driver #engraver #gcode #galvanometer #galvo #laser #teensy #xy2100 #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Collaborative Effort Gets Laser Galvos Talking G-Code Everyone should know by now that we love to follow up on projects when they make progress. It’s great to be able to celebrate accomplishments and see how a project has changed over time. But …
Hackaday (unofficial) June 30, 2022 12:00am A Home Made Laser Cutter for 700$ #highvoltage #laserhacks #diylaser #diylasercutter #lasercutter #marlaser #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 A Home Made Laser Cutter For 700$ While some decent lasers are out there for under USD 400, they tend to be a little small. What if you wanted something a little nicer but didn’t want to jump to the USD 2000 category? The ans…
Hackaday (unofficial) June 11, 2022 12:00pm Inside an eBay Marking Laser #laserhacks #co2 #engraving #galvanometer #galvo #ir #laser #marking #synrad #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Inside An EBay Marking Laser When it comes to trolling eBay for cool stuff, some people have all the luck. Whereas all we ever seem to come across is counterfeit chips and obviously broken gear listed as, “good condition…
Hackaday (unofficial) June 6, 2022 9:00am Bug Eliminator Zaps with a Laser #laserhacks #deterrent #laser #machinelearning #mosquito #neuralnetwork #neutralize #tracking #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Bug Eliminator Zaps With A Laser Mosquitoes tend to be seen as an almost universal negative, at least in the lives of humans. While they serve as a food source for plenty of other animals and may even pollinate some plants, they a…
Hackaday (unofficial) May 30, 2022 9:00am Using a Laser Cutter to Replicate an Optical Comparator Screen #laserhacks #repairhacks #toolhacks #anglemeasurement #laseretching #opticalcomparator #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Using A Laser Cutter To Replicate An Optical Comparator Screen Precision instruments often contain specialized components that are essential to their function, but nearly impossible to replace if they fail. [Andre] had just such a problem with an optical compa…