PrintRbot Laser Mount
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Description
It quickly snaps onto and off of eddiema's printrbot fan mount.
It isn't a permanent attachment.
This is intended for what is usually a heat resister case with 2 screw mounts off the side of each end. I have a model in the list here. The laser model is slightly larger than the laser housing, 99% scale should make it the same.
The fan vibration shakes the focus lens to the point of falling out with this design. I made a snap on end cap to contain the lens. This model focuses about an inch and a half that way, which keeps the whole assembly out of the smoke and gives good clearance for the fan.
Using the fan, and its Gcode for power control through optocoupler and TTL to the laser controller, this can be used for photo sintering or signing plastic prints.
The engraver attachment is here thingiverse.com/thing:30520
You will want the Z end stop extender. thingiverse.com/thing:30590
I haven’t made the control interface yet, so all I have is on with power.
I'm working on it.
Its paused on the production end for a few weeks, as I design the printed circuit board for the TTL controller.
If you use 'lift' you can move the laser out of focus range and back in, I use 20CM. It gives the laser time to heat the next point enough to being sintering before the moveing begins. 1mmps at the fastest, 2 pass if possible.
The mark is .1 mm wide at 1 mm/ps on wood. 2 passes makes .2, and look better.
PrintRbot laser mount thingiverse.com/thing:30064
PrintRbot engraver mount thingiverse.com/thing:30520
PrintRbot marker mount thingiverse.com/thing:30999
PrintRbot Z end stop extender. thingiverse.com/thing:30590
My musings and tinkerings with this thing.
printrbottalk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=162
Instructions
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I have NO invesment in these folks, and the mail lost the first one they sent me, but they are continuously for sale on ebay. You might look for a higer power module, but these are adequate.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/180781...
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the message change broke the link.
This is my 'blog' concerning designing this, a message thread on the PrintRbot forum. http://www.printrbottalk.com/f...
from the ebay page:
Industrial 808nm 800mw Infrared Focusable Laser Diode Module Cutter w/TTL
Peak Wavelength : 808 nm
Color : Infrared
Visibility : INVISIBLE (it does have a deep faint red)
Diode Beam divergence : 12/100 deg.
Emitting area : 50 x 2 µm
Module Output Power : 800 mW
Diode Output Power : 1000 mW
Modulation : TTL (off is TTL HI, so its on unless you trigger it off)
Max. Modul
ation Frequency : 20 KHz
Focus Range : 1 inch to 5 inches
Warm Up Time :
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lt; 1 Minute
Power Stability : %5, 20 minutes
Spectral Line width :
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lt;10 nm
Operating Current : 1300 mA
Operating Voltage : 9-12 Vdc
Laser Diode Cooling Mode : Aluminum Heat Sink
Driver Cooling Mode : Aluminum Heat Sink
Expected Lifetime : 5000 hours
Power Supply Required : 9-12 volts DC 1.3 Amp
Applications : CNC Cutting, Material Processing,

I found that the mount (stl) file can't slice with slic3r, some part on the top is missing, could u kindly fix it or let me know you print it? thx a lot.