This thread is for anyone working on personal projects to share their progress, and hold themselves somewhat accountable to a group of peers.
Post your project, your progress from last week, and what you hope to accomplish this week.
If you want to be pinged with a reminder asking about your project, let me know, and I'll harass you each week until you cancel the service
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I recently picked up a Longer Ray5 5-watt laser engraver for $170 on an Amazon special on a lark. It required a bit of assembly but was fairly straightforward. So far I am impressed with its capability. It has a large, roughly 2x2 ft work area. Using Inkscape and the free LaserGRBL program, I have been able to generate a variety of engraving and cutting patterns. I have successfully engraved wood, stone, painted metal, and successfully cut cardstock and thin pieces of wood. It doesn't really make a dent in any polished metal and I have yet to test many plastics, although it should be able to cut 3mm cast acrylic. The best thing I've made so far is an A4-sized cardstock stencil of the Paris Metropolitain logo. I also haven't tried engraving any grayscale images, though it should be possible with paper and certain types of wood. One thing I hope to be able to use it for is to make my own serial tags or controls panel layouts, by engraving a black painted metal blank and then rubbing in white paint.
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