Hooking up a laser to a CNC gantry isn’t exactly an Earth-shattering innovation, but it does make for a useful tool. Even a cheap diode laser mounted to an old 3D printer can do engraving ...

[drum303] remembered those days and used them to assuage his buyer’s remorse when the laser module on his brand new CNC engraver crapped out after the first 10 minutes. A cheap magnifying glass ...

I tried to convert my CNC router into a laser engraver so I could have one machine do both tasks. That lasted about two weeks before I determined I needed a separate machine. The headache of ...