Open Source Laser Diode Toolhead
From Open Source Ecology
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?
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