So I bought a small cheap laser...

[Nostradoomus]

First test enclosures turned out as good as I was hoping. This is just rattle can paint!

 

[SYLV9ST9R]

That Julian is a pretty good take on the name of the OG!

 

[PapaBear]

Which laser did you get? Does it etch the enclosure or just the paint

 

[peccary]

That is rad. Nice work!

 

[JamieJ]

That is rad. Nice work!

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Haha this is what came to my mind straight away!

 

[Nostradoomus]

Which laser did you get? Does it etch the enclosure or just the paint

Just the paint. I can’t afford a fibre laser to actually etch the metal haha. It’s a Neje Master 2.

 

[untamedfrontier]

How small and cheap is this "laser"

 

[Nostradoomus]

It was 250 Canadian. Can do an area of 170x170mm.

How small and cheap is this "laser"

 

[untamedfrontier]

must...not...buy........

 

[bifurcation]

Holy crapnuts, it's only $150 in the US:

NEJE Master 2 mini High Speed Laser Engraver with N25410 laser module- 110 x 120mm - bluetooth - APP Control - MEMS protection

Feature -【110 x 120 mm】The 12V power supply can be used on the wall, on the top, at any place, and protected by the MEMS vibration protection sensor, which can complete the fine engraving and cutting process. The X-axis motion module is only 59g, the weight of the matching module is only 56g...

neje.shop

 

[bifurcation]

Do you get to set... uh, intensity or how long it stays in one place? It'd be rad if you could paint a case white and then put a second coat of black and just engrave through the black.

 

[Nostradoomus]

Yeah it’s a good deal. You’ll want to buy Lightburn software as the neje software kinda blows. You can adjust everything, I am experimenting with two tone paint this weekend!

 

[Robert]

Very nice, you can't beat that for the price.

How long did each of those enclosures take to engrave?

 

[fig]

Bravo! A guitar pedal Etch-a-Sketch!

 

[Nostradoomus]

Very nice, you can't beat that for the price.

How long did each of those enclosures take to engrave?

First test of a jpeg file with Neje software took ages...then I realized Lightburn can use vectors and carve lines instead of going top to bottom, pretty quick after that. 20 minutes maybe?

 

[mjh36]

They Live!

 

[ADAOCE]

Holy hell this is what I’ve been looking for

 

[Nostradoomus]

Holy hell this is what I’ve been looking for

Same! Haha

 

[cooder]

How would this work on powder coated enclosures from Tayda.... me wonders...?

 

[Nostradoomus]

I bought a couple powdercoated gutter caps at work to test on and it worked like a hot damn. Way less stinky too haha

How would this work on powder coated enclosures from Tayda.... me wonders...?