![]() Sometimes they’ll even use multiple layers of paint to create different colors by burning different depths into the artwork. However, creative people find lots of ways to use cutting and engraving to produce things you might not expect.įor example, if you surf YouTube, you’ll find people who put spray paint on either a ceramic tile or a canvas and then burn some or all of the paint away to make really interesting artwork. It can cut some things, too, but not as many things as a big serious laser cutter. Sure, the Ortur is good at engraving some things (but not all things). ![]() If you haven’t had experience with a laser cutter or engraver before, you might think it is a very specific instrument. I thought I’d take some time to share what I’ve learned about it. The cutter is easy to put together and costs somewhere in the $200-$400 range depending on what you get with it. I thought I’d share with you some of what I’ve found getting started with the Ortur laser cutter. I’ve had my eye on a laser for a good long time, but recent developments made it more attractive. Then again, if you read Hackaday, you probably don’t need me to explain why you need a new gadget. You might wonder why I’d need a laser cutter if I have the other tools. That’s why I was excited to get a laser cutter this past Christmas. But I can get my ideas into CAD and from there the machines do the rest. Despite my 7th-grade shop teacher’s best efforts, everything I did turned out to be a toothpick or a number 7. I can visualize a lot of things that I’m not careful enough to build with normal tools. The equivalent in the real world, for me, has been 3D printers and CNC machines. Unless you are pretty close to perfect - I’m not - it is very frustrating to make edits on typewritten stuff. Early in my career, I wrote with a typewriter. I couldn’t write very much without a computer.
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