Window material?

[AndyKunz]

What do you guys use for a window to the work area? How big is it typically?

Thanks.

Andy

[lauckstreet]

What do you guys use for a window to the work area? How big is it typically?

Thanks.

Andy

Hi Andy,

I'm finishing up my 400 x 600 80 watt laser and have been cutting out panels of acrylic I purchased at ePlastics.com. I chose an orange clear acrylic for the door cover and a solid or opaque purple for the rest of the machine. However, I still wear safety glasses while the laser is cutting. Even with the glasses which I purchased from Marco and the orange clear acrylic, the light from the laser is pretty bright.

I'll post some photos in a few days of my laser cutter once I get all of the panels attached.

Take care,

Bob

[AndyKunz]

I'm finishing up my 400 x 600 80 watt laser and have been cutting out panels of acrylic I purchased at ePlastics.com. I chose an orange clear acrylic for the door cover and a solid or opaque purple for the rest of the machine. However, I still wear safety glasses while the laser is cutting. Even with the glasses which I purchased from Marco and the orange clear acrylic, the light from the laser is pretty bright.

I'll post some photos in a few days of my laser cutter once I get all of the panels attached.

Take care,

Bob

Thanks, Bob. I'll be looking forward to seeing them. I'm paranoid about my eyes (all 4 of them ) so safety here is real important to me.

Andy

[lauckstreet]

Hi Andy,

Here are some photos of my machine. You can see the orange acrylic on the door top.

I made a control panel which has the DSP control panel, 2 buttons to turn on the red dot laser and the air blower, exhaust fan and a timer that keeps track of how much time the laser has been used. There's also the laser power meter and another counter that runs whenever the machine is on to keep track of total hours on the machine use.

What you can't see behind the control panel is a 5v power supply, an arduino uno board and a relay board with 4 relay's on it. The arduino takes input from the two switches and turns on the various relays to apply power to the air blower, exhaust fan and timer meter. It also is used to turn on the red dot laser which gets 5 volts from the 5v power supply. It in turn gets 12 volts dc input from a 12 volt power supply on a shelf that is behind the lower panel where the AC power comes in.

There's a lower panel with an AC outlet and switch, the stop button and a USB port. Behind it is a 12 volt power supply, the 24 volt power supply and the laser power supply. On a shelf just beneath the control panel is the DSP controller and the stepper drivers. There are literally wires going everywhere inside, neatly as possible, to supply power to everything.

I cut the acrylic on my table saw. It makes a mess and you should wear a mask when cutting it.

Take care,

Bob