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=Industry Standards=
=Industry Standards=
*Snapmaker offers a "low " and "high" power laser diode toolhead
*Snapmaker offers a "low " and "high" power laser diode toolhead
*Snapmaker original has a 200mW standard laser module (laser engraving only?)
*Snapmaker has a "Laser Cutting Module" rated at 1600mW for the original


=Existing Open Souce Designs=
=Existing Open Souce Designs=
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*Can it be run via g-code, how is this done?
*Can it be run via g-code, how is this done?


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Latest revision as of 00:36, 29 July 2020

Basics

  • A Laser Diode that is mounted to a D3D toolhead
  • Used for cutting thin/weak materials, engraving, and even pcb masks for etching via ablating off the mask selectively

Industry Standards

  • Snapmaker offers a "low " and "high" power laser diode toolhead
  • Snapmaker original has a 200mW standard laser module (laser engraving only?)
  • Snapmaker has a "Laser Cutting Module" rated at 1600mW for the original

Existing Open Souce Designs

Minimum Viable Product

Basic Design

Diode

Mounting Plate

BOM

CAD

Code

  • Can it be run via g-code, how is this done?

Internal Links

External Links