Let me know when/where to send money. I'm in for $125, if the other $125 comes from a bunch of other people, that's no skin off my back. My purpose is to support both people who donate/lend equipment to hackerspaces and also people who fearlessly hack on stuff.

> On Jan 12, 2015, at 9:24 AM, Adam Munich <adam@aperture.systems> wrote:
>
> I believe what's happening is Brendan and Ben are going to split the FSL board.
>
> I'll mail in the old one soon & front the cost s.t. we get this guy up
> and running quickly :-)
>
> Cheers,
> -Adam
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> On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 10:59 AM, David Rorex <drorex@gmail.com> wrote:
>> You might want to check lightobject.com,  he is local and sells laser cutter
>> parts for reasonable prices, and aren't jerks like FSL.
>>
>> On Jan 9, 2015 11:55 AM, <hol@gaskill.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> thanks for bringing in the machine and i agree just swapping in a
>>> replacement driver is best.  count me in for $20
>>>
>>> On 2015-01-08 22:14, Adam Munich wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> The full spectrum laser cutter I brought to the hacker pace has been
>>>> out of service for some time, after Brendon's attempt to fix its loose
>>>> keyswitch ended in board-popping disaster. (Shit happens,  **but
>>>> ermehgawd always remove power before fixing circuits guize**)
>>>>
>>>> Anyway, I bought some new stepper motor drivers to replace the burnt
>>>> ones on the controller, but unfortunately there seems to be more
>>>> wrecked with it than just that simple fix. I'd love to get this thing
>>>> working for the community, though, that's a bit hard with no brains
>>>> for the machine.
>>>>
>>>> A new board from full spectrum is $1500, but I contacted them with a
>>>> "we're a poor hackerspace" card and they'd be willing to replace it
>>>> for $250 if I mail in the old controller, which I feel is within
>>>> raise-able reach. This would give us full access to their software
>>>> suite / print driver, and a reliable machine.
>>>>
>>>> The other option, suggested by rayc is to use an arduino, stepper
>>>> controllers and a g-code generating toolchain to run the machine.
>>>> While I don't see any reason why that couldn't work, I feel like that
>>>> might be a bit awkward for people who wish to use the cutter, and
>>>> further makes the guide I wrote kind of useless.
>>>> http://hack.rit.edu/tools/full-spectrum-laser-cutter/
>>>>
>>>> As a community, what do y'all believe is best?
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> -Adam
>>>>
>>>>
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