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Test Bench Power Supply

Posted on February 17, 2019February 28, 2019 by admin

I always find that I am looking for a 12V, or 5V power supply to test some piece of electronic nonsense that I am building. For a while now I have used an old power supply from a PC with a couple of plugs cut off. If you haven’t done this before keep reading, they…

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Laser Engraver Upgrade Final Results

Posted on January 4, 2019February 25, 2019 by admin

So now that we have got everything up and running (see Part 1 and Part 2), it’s time for the exciting part, getting some results. Before we get into that I thought it would be worth doing a quick comparison of the two different software packages. I have created a video that shows the same…

Cheap Laser Engraver Upgrade (Part 2)

Posted on January 2, 2019January 12, 2019 by admin

So now that we have all the software we need (see part 1), we need to get it up and running. There are three parts to this: Re-flash Arduino controller with GRBL Install LaserWeb Configure LaserWeb Re-Flash Arduino To re-flash the Arduino that controls the laser engraver we need to use XLoader. It’s relatively straightforward…

Cheap Laser Engraver Upgrade

Posted on December 27, 2018January 12, 2019 by admin

So a couple of years ago I got a laser engraver off eBay, something like this one: https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/A3-500-5500mW-CNC-Pro-Laser-Engraving-Machine-Desktop-Printer-Cutter-Engraver/392163585697?hash=item5b4ec56ea1:m:mzjbfntY4evHmy88vXUlQuw:rk:12:pf:0 It worked ok, and I got some alright results, but I was never overly happy with it. It took forever to engrave anything and the software provided (Benbox) with it was horrible to use. It sat in…

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