Awesome DIY Laser Engraver

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I built this because I thought it would be an absolute blast to have around, and who wouldn't want a laser?! It's constructed from old Monoprice Maker Select parts, which was the main constraint on size. However, it is meant to be completely scalable. If you wanted to make it 4' by 4', if you change the size of the bearings and adjust holes that should be entirely possible (it would lack strength though using unsupported rods but you get my point). The laser engraving unit is 2.5 watts and works incredibly well as an engraver. With enough passes, it will cut balsa wood, just not extremely effectively as it took me about 25 passes to go through 6mm balsa wood. So let's dive right into it! Video Link: https://youtu.be/cbvsgfQPY7Y Video Link to the Update: https://youtu.be/W83B7WeUT2Q Feel free to subscribe and let me know what you think of the laser. Planning some follow-up videos if it is popular enough. I will be doing a few more videos on this unit as it has been pretty popular already. Plasma/router are in the works. Hoping to cut my teeth on build logs with this one to kind of practice and get it down.