https://www.amazon.com/CLAMPTEK-Vertical-CH-13005-Destaco-305-U/dp/B01IU6RZ2G

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This is ingenious, Will. Thanks for sharing. Would you happen have the link to the specific toggle clamps used? Rodney Rodney Rojas Fabrication Shop Manager 960 E. 3rd St. Los Angeles, CA 90013 Office

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another view

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Hi all, just wanted to share this jig I made for helping to mount lenses and mirrors. I got the hold down clamps on amazon. The hole on the far end is for supporting the frame while pushing out the le

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https://american-photonics.myshopify.com/

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Ha! Wise retiree, lol. I did try glueing in a smaller round mirror and it worked ok, but I didn't like how things fit, so I did eventually replace it with a truncated 25mm mirror like the OEM. That wa

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I can give specific specs tomorrow when I return to work.

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We buy cheap laser lenses from Cloudray and soak the old holders in acetone to remove the bad one and glue in a new one with a cheap UV pen from amazon. You can get these lenses from the company direc

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Where are you all getting these cheep universal mirrors from? Are they sufficient quality? Interested. Ryan

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Hi Trevor, I might be wrong but I seem to remember someone, perhaps a wise retiree from UMN, who said that he would glue the cheap #2 replacement (that you have evidently found) into the #3 mirror ass

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Anybody know of an inexpensive supplier of the beam window and mirror #3 optics components, specifically for Universal laser cutters? I was shocked when I originally saw the price of focus lenses dire

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I have found Lightburn to be a massive improvement over RDworks. The documentation is great and the online resources are solid. Well worth the license cost. I have been using Lightburn with my persona

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Hello everyone, I hope all are prepared for the Fall if it hasn't begun already. We purchased a Laguna EX 36 x 50 150W laser from Lagunntools. Service is lousy the machine is just so so. Our beloved V

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Hi Everyone, We have a small makerspace ~1500 sf. We have the Epilog Zing 12' x 16' laser cutter and am looking to get another one. I'm debating between the Helix 24' x 18' or the new Fusion Pro 32' x

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I always recommend Johnson Plastics. They bought Laser Bits and seem to have a good variety of materials for cutting and engraving. https://www.jpplus.com/laserbits -Jake Tompkins Digital Fabrication

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Thank you for the information everyone! That is all super helpful. I will be taking a deeper look into all of those groups and report back which way we ended up going. Paul

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We started using Maker Stock for some of our materials. The CEO is Amy Bennett and she is very easy to work with. Maker Stock seems to have good educational pricing and are really responsive with time

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UMN gets Basswood from Bud Nosen, chipboard from Blick Art Materials, dowels from CraftParts.com, acrylic rod and tube from McMaster Carr, acrylic, pet, styrene, metal, corrugated & wood products loca

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We get Basswood from Bud Nosen Models in Two Harbors, MN. I can’t heap enough praise on them. ‭(800) 544-6819‬ Acetate sheets we get from Graphix. Taskboard is from Taskboard. Everything else we get l

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With the world in its current state the lab is moving more towards a service model for laser cutting, so we can keep the capacity up on the machines without having students crammed in next to each oth

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