{"id":376,"date":"2015-08-01T15:40:30","date_gmt":"2015-08-01T15:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robots.co.uk\/?p=376"},"modified":"2015-08-03T23:35:53","modified_gmt":"2015-08-03T23:35:53","slug":"laser-cutter-upgrade-for-3d-printer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robots.co.uk\/?p=376","title":{"rendered":"Laser cutter upgrade for 3D printer:"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robots.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/laser2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-384\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robots.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/laser2.jpg\" alt=\"laser2\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>New Russian-American startup EnduranceRobotics recently founded in January 2015 (specialises in telepresence robots) has created a device that allows almost any 3D printer (or CNC router) to be transformed into a laser cutter for only $195.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WPjHpUH9Zic?start=89&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robots.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_1376.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-385\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robots.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_1376.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1376\" width=\"531\" height=\"242\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Their creation is a small laser attachment that with a bit of adjustment can be fitted onto the extruder of almost any 3D printer. The laser is \u00a0compact and powerful and it the diode can\u00a0be bought as 2.1 Watts or a 3.5 Watts.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robots.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/new-form-2watt-laser-top.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-379\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robots.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/new-form-2watt-laser-top.jpg\" alt=\"new form 2watt laser (top)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1234\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The laser allows your machine to cut plywood, acrylic, leather, engrave metal, and cut other thin materials. the laser cuts to a depth of 3.175mm with a dot size of 0.25mm.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/r8EVq8bEjZ0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Russian-American startup EnduranceRobotics recently founded in January 2015 (specialises in telepresence robots) has created a device that allows almost any 3D printer (or CNC router) to be transformed into a laser cutter for only $195. Their creation is a small laser attachment that with a bit of adjustment can be fitted onto the extruder &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robots.co.uk\/?p=376\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Laser cutter upgrade for 3D printer:<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[21,22,19,20],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robots.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robots.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robots.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robots.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robots.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=376"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.robots.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":407,"href":"https:\/\/www.robots.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376\/revisions\/407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robots.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robots.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robots.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}