Laser Cube: laser engraving at home

Laser technology has long been put at the service of man. The laser serves for communication, for heating up the “fuel” of a fusion reactor, as well as for more household items, such as engraving.


These are the drawings that can be applied with the help of the Laser Cube (including gadgets)
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Here is an engraving on the body of the smartphone from Samsung

On the cases of many gadgets, we can see laser engraving. Until now, laser beam engraving was carried out only under industrial conditions. Now the laser can work at home.

Laser Cube is a home laser engraver that should be on sale soon.

Just a few days ago, a fundraising campaign was launched to start mass production of the device. At the same time, until the end of the campaign, another 27 days, and the collected amount is two and a half times the amount requested by the developers. True, they asked a little - only 10 thousand dollars. Collected, at the time of this writing, 25 thousand US dollars.



Laser Cube allows you to apply a pattern, engraving, on plastic or wood (unfortunately, it will not work on metal, temperatures are too high there). In addition, the same engraver can also serve as a laser cutter: a device can cut out objects from foam, cardboard and some other materials.

The system is controlled by the Arduino, the maximum size of the object with which the device can work is 4.2 * 4.2 centimeters.




Control program interface

Now you can pre-order the Laser Cube for $ 200. The full price of the device, after its release for sale - $ 300. In principle, not so much, the device is quite interesting, and can be used not only at home, for entertainment, but also in small workshops / companies involved in customizing gadgets, design, etc.

Via kickstarter