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DIY CO2 Laser Cutter - more test cuts shobley 8,179 views http://www.stephenhobley.com/blog Improved the alignment and focus, now the laser is completely under computer control. The gantry is a BlackToe "build your own CNC"
My fab new tablesaw shobley 6,526 views A quick shout-out to Ridgid for producing such an awesome table saw - strongly recommended.
Testing the BlackToe CNC + CO2 Laser shobley 5,051 views http://www.stephenhobley.com/blog/2011/10/04/making-some-initial-cuts-with-the-co2-laser/ This movie is about how I get correct beam alignment for a laser cutter. Fo...
Adding a Laser Cutter to a BlackToe CNC Mill shobley 2,303 views http://www.stephenhobley.com/blog (Safety glasses on at all times while working with cutting lasers - or *any* laser for that matter) I completed the build out to fit the...
JUNO-60 : It don't get more analog than this... :-) shobley 2,387 views http://www.stephenhobley.com/blog/2011/09/18/fixing-up-a-roland-juno-60-synthesizer/ I just refurbished my JUNO-60 - this video is me taking it for a test drive after reas...
Laser Cutter 2.0 : Firing the tube shobley 1,772 views Further tests of the new 80W laser tube. The instructions for the PSU were a little unclear, but I got it figured out. It goes without saying that I'm wearing safety gla...
Laser Cutter 2.0 : Active Cooling System shobley 1,441 views http://www.stephenhobley.com/blog I recently upgraded from a 40W laser engraver to an 80W tube. This kind of power requires an active cooling system. This one circulates d...
Treasure Finder shobley 2,325 views Built as a MAKE : Project http://makeprojects.com/Project/Treasure-Finder/1113/1 http://www.stephenhobley.com/blog
The Clock of the Long Weekend shobley 3,504 views http://www.stephenhobley.com Inspired by the design of The Clock of the Long Now - I attempted designing a new kind of clock mechanism. This one won't run for 10,000 ye...
Woodcut Iris Mechanism shobley 3,995 views I took the 3D printer files from Thingiverse.com and translated them into cutting paths for the CNC. This was cut from 'Baltic Birch' plywwod, but I think it's going to hav...

About Steve Hobley

This week, I have been mostly working on...

http://www.stephenhobley.com
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I've been tinkering around with bits of technology since I was five years old. I used to take the telephone apart at home, just to see how it worked.

After a couple of years I could even put it back together again - and sometimes it would continue to work.

I originally posted the Laser Harp video to show some people in the UK. It's turned out to be quite popular, so I decided to post other project videos too...

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