Fabrication Equipment
USCutter MH721 Cutter
A great tool to cut heat transfer vinyl for shirt/apparel or window decals. The biggest pain is that it is a single color.
$279 (2014) 28 inch width capacity Cut Pressure: 0-600 gram Cut Velocity: 10-1000 mm/s PC or MAC via USB SureCutsAlot vector software
SainSmart Genmitsu 3018-PRO
Sainsmart Genmitsu CNC Router 3018 Pro with Laser addon
Build Area is 300 x 180 x 45 mm or 11.8 x 7.1 x 1.8”
Spindle can run at 7000rpm @ 24V with a ER11 Collet (3.175mm)
Laser is a 5.5W Blue Laser Module
Software: LaserGRBL v3.4.0
Add Custom Buttons
M5 shuts down laser
M3 S1 powers laser to 1% for alignment
M3 S127 power to 50%
Please buy real laser safety glasses, the ones included will save your eyes from a direct laser hit by the plastic safety glass melting to an opaque plastic but if you want day to day protection, get something like:
$50 LP-LaserPair Laser Protective Glasses 200 – 540nm O.D 6+ & 900 – 1100nm O.D 5+
Monoprice Voxel / FlashForge Adventurer 3
Build Area is 150 x 150 x 150 mm or 5.9 x 5.9 x 5.9 inches
Vertical (Z-axis) resolution: 50 microns (0.05 mm)
Hot end is a Ubis 1.75 mm with 0.4mm nozzle that can heat to 240C max tip temp
100C max bed temp for ABS or PETG materials
Build speed: 60 mm/min
Software : Sketchup 2017, SCAD, FlashPrint-MP 4.0.0 (2019)
3D Models
Check out my designs on Thingiverse
- Arduino 4 Relay Module Bottom Cover Plate with Wall Mount
- DIYBIO Microscope Slide holder
- Printrbot Simple XL – Spool Expander
- Arduino Mega 2560 Full Bottom Coverplate with mounting screws
- Arduino Uno Full Bottom Coverplate with mounting screws