[dms-discuss] Laser Cutter Fundraiser Meeting Update

Julie Morrow juli34nn at gmail.com
Tue May 21 23:25:24 UTC 2019


The two people I asked who have laser cutter experience recommended Glowforge. One of them who has access to a big fancy one said, if you can ONLY spend $3k, I guess that might do. The other who has a cheap one at home said if they COULD spend $3k, that’s what they dream of getting.

-Julie
On May 21, 2019, 3:48 PM -0700, yourcurtainsareugly <yourcurtainsareugly at gmail.com>, wrote:
> One of the schools I work for has a Glowforge, which range between $2.5-6k, and it seems to be pretty user-friendly. They say they can cut most materials, but all the CO2 lasers I've looked at in this power range only promise the ability to engrave but not cut metals, and a specific few at that.
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> That sounds like a reasonable set of characteristics. Not sure I'm up to learning to read Chinese, though.
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> > On Tue, May 21, 2019 at 3:27 PM Robert Nickerson <rob at omsoft.com> wrote:
> > > hi
> > > perhaps ryan mckay can offer up what they were looking at.
> > > a 60W or better laser perhaps that we know can cut at least .5 in wood plastic, tile etc, and engrave/mark on stone, metal etc . With as big a bed as we can get right?
> > > I did a bit of looking from your list from a couple weeks ago and came up with a $6k estimate. The nice thing is there is a wide variety of kit at a variety of prices so we can go lower if needed
> > > Boss Laser, Universal laser, Trotec, brands seem optimal.
> > > Morphon has a 130W for around $5k, but the manuals are in chinese
> > > Thanks
> > > RAN
> > >
> > > On 5/20/2019 8:17 PM, Emily Schleiner wrote:
> > > > Hey all,
> > > >
> > > > I'm not sure how much money we will be able to raise to buy a laser cutter, but I googled 'laser cutter under $3000' and found this machine, which looks alright to me:
> > > > https://www.smartdiys.cc/products/fabool-laser-co2
> > > >
> > > > Any thoughts about preferred materials to cut with lasers? (Glass? Plastic? Metal? My preferred material is metal, but that might be a step up.)
> > > >
> > > > (An aside) I need to offer everyone an apology for referring to Steve Inness when I meant Steve Edburg in a previous email, especially Steve. I'm sure reading that was a moment of surprise and upset for everyone who knew Steve Innes too. I'm sorry about that.
> > > >
> > > > Sending my best,
> > > >
> > > > Emily
> > > >
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> > > > > On Mon, May 6, 2019 at 7:40 PM Emily Schleiner <cordial.emily at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > Hey all,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Woo hoo!
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Our Laser Cutter Fundraiser is on Friday June 14 (during Art About).
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Big question:
> > > > > > What laser cutter do we want to buy? Here's one random article to get the conversation started:
> > > > > > https://all3dp.com/1/best-home-desktop-laser-cutter-engraver-aio-machine/
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Schedule:
> > > > > > 6pm Pizza (Rob)
> > > > > >         Roland's jam band
> > > > > > 7pm Steve Innes's friends' band
> > > > > >         Raffle [ask local businesses - theater (Ryan), bookstore, hardware (Emily),          Roland's fitbit ]
> > > > > > 8pm Rob's friend's jam
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Questions:
> > > > > > Can we have alcohol during the event? (Rob to find out)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Projects:
> > > > > > Lighted sign (Rob and Emily),
> > > > > > Poster (Emily),
> > > > > > Make Thermometer Thing to Show Progress (Volunteer needed)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Publicize ASAP:
> > > > > > Communicate with Downtown Davis Association (Roland)
> > > > > > Write to Davis Enterprise (Rob)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Please write back with ideas for LASER CUTTER preferences ASAP!
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Cheers,
> > > > > > Emily
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> > > > > > --
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> > > > > > Davis, California 95616
> > > > > > Tel: (530) 505-1187
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> > > > Web Designer & Developer
> > > > Davis, California 95616
> > > > Tel: (530) 505-1187
> > > > Moniker: Cordial-Emily.com
> > > > Website: Parallel Design.Net
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