The Movable Gantry CNC machine fitted with a laser module moves about the work space according to the program g-code interpreted by LinuxCNC. As the machine was not totally enclosed, I had fitted a protective shoe to the laser module […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The laser engraving did produce a bit of smoke. So I had to exhaust it away from my workshop. I found a 2.2 cubic meters per minute centrifugal fan that would be very suitable for exhausting the smoke away. I […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
All these while, I had been operating my diy movable gantry cnc machine as a milling machine. I knew that I could easily convert it to become a laser cnc machine, but somehow I had kept postponing it. Perhaps I […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…