New laser cutter

The laser cutter is one of the most heavily used pieces of equipment at Noisebridge. It'd be wonderful to have a more powerful model with a larger work area (perhaps 24x36 or greater!). This page is for research and pledges.

Research

Please add your laser ideas below

• Exlas1280 Laser cutter at Ace Monster Toys, 47.24in x 31.49in (1200mm x 800mm) work area, $6865
• Full Spectrum Pro LF Series From our current vendor, 60W base model, 36x24 (914mm x 610mm), $7,995.00
• two accounts of importing a laser cutter from China (mentions JCUT CNC). Also a lot of cutters on Alibaba, Aliexpress and eBay
• hackerspaces thread on laser cutters

Vendor	XYZ Machinery (Vendor AMT used)		JCUT		Full Spectrum
Model	X4i6090	X4i1280	JCUT-6090	JCUT-1290	Pro C02 24x18
Working Area	600 x 900 mm (23.6 in x 35.4 in)	1200 x 800 mm (47.2 x 31.5 in)	600 x 900 mm	1200 x 900 mm (47.2 x 35.4 in)	610 x 457 mm (24 x 18 in)
Tube	100W	100W	80W	80W	60W
Includes	Auto-focus laser, red dot positioning, standard exhaust fan & pipe, honeycomb table. DSP with USB, Leetro MPC control card 6565	Auto-focus laser, red dot positioning, standard exhaust fan & pipe, honeycomb table. DSP with USB, Leetro MPC control card 6565	Auto-focus, red dot positioning, exhaust fan and pipe, chiller, DSP with USB	Auto-focus, red dot positioning, exhaust fan and pipe, chiller, DSP with USB	Ethernet, USB
Software	Windows, laserEXZY	Windows, laserEXZY	Windows, Lasercut 5.3 http://www.leetro.com/english/sale/35.html	Windows, Lasercut 5.3 http://www.leetro.com/english/sale/35.html	Retina Engrave 3D
Base Price	$4,378	$4,726	$4400 ($4800 for 100W)	$5080 ($5490 for 100W)	$6995 ($8495 for 90W)
Shipping	Getting quote	Getting quote	Sea freight included	Sea freight included	$550
Other
Origin	China	China	China	China	Design / assembled in USA. Parts from China.

Pledges

Your name, email and pledge below

• Dana - dsniezko at sonic dot net - $500
• Liz - lizhenry@gmail.com - $30