[Lab] Fire the laser!

[bentfork at gmail.com]

The laser unfortunately  can't cut through metal.  The best one can do is to
coat the board in black spraypaint, remove it with the laser and use it as a
resist.

http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2007/01/how-to-use-a-laser-to-etc.html

On 29 August 2011 14:09, Paul & Andrea Mumby <themumbys at gmail.com> wrote:

> We should try some copper clad board to see if we can cut a PCB with the
> laser... I've seen some people with fantastic success, and that laser is so
> fine that we could get some really accurate PCB traces with it.
>
> - Paul
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 9:59 AM, <bentfork at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hehe.  Good idea.
>>
>> It isn't that small yet.  Using three credit cards I can build two
>> trebuchettes.  It is based on these guys design, which uses no glue or tape
>> to hold the whole thing together:
>>
>> http://www.siegetoys.com/design.html
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 25 August 2011 18:47, jim kiskis <jim.kiskis at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> well if you get your credit card size trebuchet working will it fold
>>> up into one and you can use it ? :)be intereesting going to the store
>>> and say this is a trebuchet card and do you take them and if they
>>> don't then you can lay siege to them :)
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 12:25 AM,  <bentfork at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > Good to see its all getting put together.  I should finish off my
>>> business
>>> > card sized trebuchet...
>>> >
>>> > On 24 August 2011 20:58, Darcy Whyte <darcy at siteware.com> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> Here are some pictures and video of the first laser cuts at ArtEngine.
>>> >> http://mambohead.com/2011/08/fire-the-laser/
>>> >>
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