DIY Laser/Pledge

Pledge fund for the creation of a DIY open source laser cutter for Nottinghack

The initial target goal was for £1000 to create a copy of the build log laser cutter http://www.buildlog.net/blog/2011/02/buildlog-net-2-x-laser/

Stretch Goal 1 - £1250

Like any good kickstarter style project we need some additional goals, because of the speed that the first goal I'll say £1250 will get a 600x400 cutting area and a 60W laser

Stretch Goal 2 - £1500

The second goal would be to make it larger again. I think a 450x800 cutting area and an 80W laser would be a very admirable place to be.

Additional Goals

• Vacuum Table, holds the material down and draws the smoke through the cuts rather than across the material.
• Cool bot, based upon the london design, monitors and reports issues with the water temperature.
• Control system, an independent controller so that the system does not rely on a PC with a parallel port.
• Free standing, Stable freestanding base, so we don't need a massive table to hold the massive machine
• Rotational Axis, Chuck or wheel mount to rotate item for etching, http://www.epiloglaser.com/zing_rotary.htm

Who	How Much	Paid	Method Paid	Help with Build?
James H	£200			Yes
Martin	£200			Remote
Kai	£100			Yes
Steve	£100			Yes
Dominic	£200			Watch
Ric	£50
David C	£25
James F	£125
Mouse	£100			Yes
Gareth H	£150
Andy N	£50			Yes
Joe	£100
David H	£100			Yes
Wendy	£20			Yes
Reprap Matt	£10			Yes
Totals	£1530