Laser scale

thingiverse

In every designer's arsenal, there are numerous tools at their disposal, but none as fundamental or crucial as the ruler. Without some form of measuring gauge, a designer remains oblivious to the actual dimensions of their design. Our primary focus for this project revolves around developing an instrument to facilitate laser engraving in conjunction with laser software and a laser engraver. The laser engraver operates solely on metric measurements, necessitating that our designed program conforms to the same standard. When creating designs for the laser engraver, it can be notoriously difficult to gauge the exact size or scale of a design unless one is well-versed in the metric system. Fortunately, with this metric scale, users can visually assess the approximate dimensions of their design before transmitting it to the machine. The scale is segmented into 50-millimeter increments and features dual-axis scaling for enhanced precision.