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Regarding power consumption I found this on the Trotec laser website. In the example they provide they are working with an 80watt laser so cut that in half for the K40. They are a commercial laser company so they are also assuming you are cutting every day.

https://www.troteclaser.com/en-us/learn-support/faqs/laser-power-consumption

In order to give you a specific figure for power consumption, we have drafted the following example:

A Speedy 400 laser machine with 80 watts laser power An average effective working time of 2 hours a day Of which 50% of the time with maximum laser power (80 > watts) and 50% of the time with half laser power (40 watts) This results in a power consumption of approx. 50 kWh per month, which corresponds to the consumption of 2 office PCs. This is always a surprisingly low value for many customers.

Cheap Chinese Laser Cutter Unboxing by Hypnotized in c/woodworking@lemmy.ca

[-] Hypnotized@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I started with K40 Whisperer, then after about a year I swapped out the control board and use Lightburn now.

I use inkcape usually for the initial designs.

Cheap Chinese Laser Cutter Unboxing by Hypnotized in c/woodworking@lemmy.ca

[-] Hypnotized@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

Yep I cut up to 1/4 inch ply, but mostly I do 1/8th inch.

Useful links to related craft communities by Hypnotized in c/lasercutting@lemm.ee

[-] Hypnotized@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Thanks for posting this, now I just need to figure out how to use my Mod powers to sticky it!

[Project] Pokemon Prize Wheel - Positive Reinforcement for my Kids by Hypnotized in c/lasercutting@lemm.ee

[-] Hypnotized@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

You know it!

[Workshop] My cheap and easy French cleat wall by Hypnotized in c/lasercutting@lemm.ee

[-] Hypnotized@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

Haha always setting them down and losing them so I bought 150 presharpened one.

Kitchen Set for the Kids by Hypnotized in c/woodworking@lemmy.ca

[-] Hypnotized@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

I'd say think of it as a learning exercise, where the end result is something your kids can enjoy. Better to make mistakes on ~$50 worth of material, where the end result will be loved no matter what. Maybe just don't start it a few days before Christmas ;)

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Door Update (i.imgur.com)

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We had an ugly metal clad solid wood exterior door that leads from a basement family room into our below grade garage. I had redone the floor and trim in the family room and was looking for a way to fancy up the door without having to spend a fortune.

Original door

Took the door off and cleaned it up

Cut 1/2 MDF to size to give the apperance of a 5 panel door

Glued on the panels, and filled and sanded all the edges. Chamfered edges

Primed

Paint added

Rehung- the MDF made an already thick door significantly thicker so I had to spend quite some time finding hardware that would work.

It's been 4 years since this was installed and it's held up perfect. I was worried about the MDF getting dinged, but it has not.

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ESP8266 Based Weather and Charging Station (i.imgur.com)

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ESP8266 and a 2.4 inch touch screen. The button turns on and off the LED backlight on the screen.

Inside the base is a charging station that powers the weather display, 2x USB C and the galaxy 4 watch base.

The base is made of layers of plywood cut out on my laser cutter.

Weather station code by Daniel Eichhorn https://github.com/ThingPulse/esp8266-weather-station-color

Weather info is grabbed from Openweathermap, you can sign up for their free API key

Source code https://github.com/ThingPulse/esp8266-weather-station-color/blob/master/esp8266-weather-station-color.ino

I was using adafruit hardware so used their guide/libraries https://learn.adafruit.com/wifi-weather-station-with-tft-display

I had to remove some of their touchscreen calibration code since it seemed to be causing things to get hung up in a loop when turned on.

I also had to adjust the rotation 180degrees so the ESP attached to the back of the screen was at the bottom instead of the top to fit it in the enclosure.

I use pin 5 to toggle the LED backlight.

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Taking a Snooze (i.imgur.com)

submitted 2 years ago by Hypnotized@lemm.ee to c/aww@lemmy.ml

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Built a Cabinet with Cane Doors (i.imgur.com)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Hypnotized@lemm.ee to c/woodworking@lemmy.ca

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Build Album https://imgur.com/a/0gujuvz

Pretty simple pocket hole construction with poplar and edge banded birch plywood, painted black with an oil based paint.

I have never worked with caning before, and probably won't again. 😆. Getting it aligned and pulled tight was a chore.

Plans based off of the ones found here, and modified to my wife's requirements. https://www.thisoldhouse.com/house-one/22598580/how-to-build-a-console-cabinet

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Where's Waldo in Middle Earth? (i.imgur.com)

submitted 2 years ago by Hypnotized@lemm.ee to c/imageai@sh.itjust.works

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Some Where's Waldo inspired images from places in Middle Earth Album: https://imgur.com/a/g4SDof2

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This deer community needs more deer (i.imgur.com)

submitted 2 years ago by Hypnotized@lemm.ee to c/deer@lemm.ee

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Took this one in Montana

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Nightmare on Seasame St (i.imgur.com)

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Album https://imgur.com/a/EM0GTKB

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My Miter Station Build (i.imgur.com)

submitted 2 years ago by Hypnotized@lemm.ee to c/woodworking@lemmy.ca

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Built this almost 6 years ago now, but thought you folks might appreciate it. Build album https://imgur.com/gallery/xNZRW

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Startled Her (i.imgur.com)

submitted 2 years ago by Hypnotized@lemm.ee to c/deer@lemm.ee

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The Hole (horror) - Collaborative Storytelling with AI Pictures (i.imgur.com)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Hypnotized@lemm.ee to c/imageai@sh.itjust.works

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Update: Story complete! Thanks late_night@sopuli.xyz and OMG_its_mustard@lemmy.fmhy.ml for contributing!

ORIGINAL: Respond with an image of what happens in the next scene. Then others can respond to that image to continue the story.

Initial Midjourney prompt: 6 and 8 year old brothers, backs to the camera, playing in a backyard sandbox

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Running of the Ducks (i.imgur.com)

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Album https://imgur.com/gallery/UN78ula